- National Express West Midlands route 87
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87 (Birmingham & Black Country)
Overview Operator National Express West Midlands Route Start Birmingham, Corporation Street Via Smethwick & Oldbury End Dudley, Bus Station West Midlands bus route 87 is a bus route between Birmingham and Dudley in United Kingdom. It is operated by the areas largest bus operator National Express West Midlands, previously branded West Midlands Travel and Travel West Midlands.
Route
The route follows a former tram way from Birmingham to Dudley, and was part of the Midland Red until the mid 70’s when it passed the WMPTE. The day time service is currently every 10 to 15 minutes, with a 30 minute service at all other times.
The service follows a loop in the city centre from near the Birmingham Collage of Food and Tourism, inbound services run down through Smallbrook Queensway and onto Corporation Street. The service leaves the city down Dudley Road, passing City Hospital, and into Smethwick running through Cape Hill and the High Street. It follows the main Oldbury Road into Oldbury town centre and then on through Tividale to Dudley, running along the Dudley Road. It passes both Smethwick’s railway stations as well as New Street in Birmingham.
- Smallbrook Queensway, Birmingham (New Street Station and Bull Ring)
- Corporation Street, Birmingham
- Stephenson Street, Birmingham (New Street Station and Palisades)
- Ladywood
- Winson Green (for the City Hospital)
- Cape Hill, Smethwick
- High Street, Smethwick (Rolfe Street & Galton Bridge railway stations)
- Spon Croft, Smethwick
- Oldbury Town Centre
- Tividale
- Dudley, Bus Station
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Bus routes in the West Midlands Birmingham and Solihull 5 6 31 X20 Stratford Road • 7 • 8A 8C Inner Circle • 9 140 141 192 Hagley Road • 11A 11C Outer Circle • 28 28A 28B • Line 33 • 50 • 51 X51 Walsall Road • 58 60 900 957 Coventry Road • 61 62 63 Bristol Road • 82 • 82 87 89 Dudley Road • 144 • 451 • 'Sutton Lines'
Coventry 1 • 2 • 11 • 19 19W 19X • 21 21C 21W • 27 • 42 • 81 81E 81W • 82 • 801 • 900 • X17 • PRN PRS Park and Ride • U1 U2 U12 U17 Unibus •
Sandwell & Dudley Walsall 1 2 5 • 19 • 22 • 51 X51 Walsall Road • 77 • 332 549 • 369 370 370A • 404 • 529
Wolverhampton 79 126 529
Bus Stations Bearwood • Bilston • Halesowen • Coventry (Pool Meadow) • Cradley Heath • Digbeth (Birmingham National Express) • Dudley • Merry Hill • Walsall (St Pauls) • Wednesbury • West Bromwich • Wolverhampton (Pipers Row)
Categories:- National Express West Midlands bus routes
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