National Express West Midlands

Travel West Midland has invested in new technology to improve passenger information. As part of the Birmingham AVL project RTI is now available on selected TWM routes operated by Birmingham Central, Lea Hall, Yardley Wood (50 and 50A only) and Perry Barr (33 only) garages.

There are 3 new ways to find out when your bus is due:

At the stop

208 digital displays have been installed at bus stops and 14 LCD-style screens are now available at main shopping centres, hospitals and travel shops.

Each screen displays ‘Real Time information’ for the next departures due from the stop so you can check how long it will be before your bus arrives.

By SMS (text messaging)

Around 200 stops have been equipped with new signs showing the ‘bus stop code’ – a seven character code that allows you to receive the times of the next buses due at that stop on your mobile phone.

Either check the ‘bus stop code’ at the bus stop or check the bus stop stop lists. Once you have the code for your stop simply type it into an sms message on your phone and send it to 84268 – within 15 seconds you will receive a reply telling you the next departures from that stop in Real Time (where available) or scheduled time for services not fitted with RTI.

The service is charges at 25p for a return text plus the cost of your outgoing text from your mobile provider.
Check whether this service is available for your route and to look up your bus stop code.

On the Internet

Visit the help to travel website and use the online map or bus stop lists to find the bus stop nearest to your home or workplace. The page is updated with real time bus information for your chosen stop every few minutes telling you how many minutes it will be before the next bus is due.

 

TWM Routes with SMS/Real Time Information Available

Route		PDF
9	Birmingham – Stourbridge	View stops
10	Birmingham – Quinton Road West and Four Dwellings	View stops
11A / 11C	Birmingham – Outer Circle	View stops
13	Birmingham – Lea Hall Station	View stops
14 / 14A	Birmingham – Marston Green/Chelmsley Wood	View stops
15	Birmingham – Lea Hall Station	View stops
17	Birmingham – Tile Cross	View stops
19	Birmingham – Hasbury	View stops
21	Birmingham – Bartley Green	View stops
22	Birmingham – Kitwell	View stops
23	Birmingham – Woodgate	View stops
26	Birmingham – Bromford Bridge	View stops
29	Birmingham – Northfield	View stops
33	Birmingham – Pheasey	View stops
45 / 45A	Birmingham – West Heath	View stops
47 / 47A	Birmingham – Cofton Hackett	View stops
50 / 50A	Birmingham to Maypole and Druids Heath	View stops
55	Birmingham – Chelmsley Wood	View stops
56	Birmingham - Kingshurst	View stops
57 / 57A	Birmingham – Solihull via Coventry Rd	View stops
58 / 58A	Birmingham – Sheldon and Airport	View stops
59A	Coleshill Heath Road – Birmingham	View stops
60	Birmingham – Cranes Park	View stops
61	Birmingham – Gannow	View stops
62	Birmingham – Rednal	View stops
63	Birmingham – Rubery, Great Park	View stops
89	The Radleys – Castle Bromwich	View stops
94	Birmingham – Chelmsley Wood	View stops
97 / 97A	Birmingham – Chelmsley Wood	View stops
103 / 103A	Birmingham – Woodgate Valley North	View stops
138	Birmingham – Merry Hill	View stops
139	Birmingham – Merry Hill	View stops
590A /590C	Birmingham – Coleshill (Circulars)	View stops
693	Castle Bromwich Circular	View stops
900	Birmingham – Airport/NEC – Coventry	View stops