 West Midlands Transport
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| Management | |||||
| Operator | National Express West Midlands | ||||
| Garage | Birmingham Central | ||||
| Vehicle | Alexander ALX400, Volvo B7TL Plaxton President | ||||
| PVR † | 30 | ||||
| Route | |||||
| Start | Stourbridge (9), Dudley (140) and Merry Hill Centre/Pensentt (X10) | ||||
| Via | Halesowen, Quinton, Hagley Road, Bearwood, Five Ways | ||||
| End | Birmingham | ||||
| Length | approx. 9-15 miles | ||||
| Service | |||||
| Level | Daily | ||||
| Frequency | Service 9:
Mon-Fri mornings every 7/8 minutes, daytimes every 10 minutes, evenings every 20 minutes, Sat mornings 10/20 minutes, daytimes every 10 minutes, evenings every 20 minutes & Sun mornings, daytimes and evenings every 20 minutes Service 140: Mon-Fri mornings 20/30 minutes, daytimes every 30 minutes and evenings every 60 minutes, Sat mornings/daytimes every 30 minutes and evenings every 60 minutes and Sun daytimes/evenings every 60 minutes Service X10: Mon-Fri mornings/daytimes every 20 minutes & evenings every 60 minutes, Sat daytimes every 20 minutes & evenings every 60 minutes & Sun daytimes every 30 minutes & evenings every 60 minutes | ||||
| Journey time | 9 approx. 1 hour, 15 minutes
140 approx. 51 minutes X10 approx. 1 hour, 3 minutes (Merry Hill-Birmingham) approx. 1 hour, 28 minutes (Pensnett-Birmingham) | ||||
| Day | 05:00 - 00:05 | ||||
| Night | None | ||||
| † peak vehicle requirement | |||||
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'National Express West Midlands routes 9, 140 and X10 are bus routes operated by National Express West Midlands in West Midlands County, England.
History[]
The 9/140/X10 were pare of the Hagley Road service
Changes on service 9[]
This route used to experience major competition from Diamond Bus. Competition was very intense between both National Express West Midlands and Diamond Bus, however over the past 2 years, Diamond has withdrawn operations on this route slowly withdrawing services 9, 9A, 9B and 9N.
On 22nd June 2008, Travel Express also withdrew all operations on service 9.
Changes 141[]
From July 24 2016 this service was withdrawn but replaced by faster/more frequent journeys on the new X10.
Current route[]
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