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West Midlands Bus route 50 operates in Birmingham, England. It operates from Central Birmingham to Druids Heath via Moseley, Kings Heath and Maypole along Alcester Road, it is one of the busiest bus routes in Europe. Route 50 was introduced in 1949 and is currently served by National Express West Midlands and Diamond West Midlands.
First operate a single service in the town, the 144/144A route which ran to Birmingham in one direction and Worcester in the other. Service 144A terminated at Catshill instead of Birmingham. First previously operated many other services in the town, but in March 2013, the First depots at Kidderminster and Redditch were purchased by Diamond Bus.
In March 2008, Go West Midlands was sold to Rotala, who also owned Central Connect and North Birmingham Busways. [4] [5] Rotala originally kept the Diamond business separate from Central Connect and Ludlows (purchased later [6]), instead switching a number of routes between the three operators.
Worcestershire bus route 144 is a bus service connecting the Worcestershire areas of Catshill, Bromsgrove. Droitwich and Worcester , operated by First Worcestershire . The service dates back to 1914 and was one of the longest-running double-deck bus operated routes, [ 1 ] though it is now more common for single decked buses to be used.
However, Abus of Bristol, who had also bought a low-floor Spectra, managed to bring their bus out into service a few hours ahead of TWM, making them the first low-floor double-decker operators in the United Kingdom. [53] [54] 20 more Spectras were later delivered to TWM to upgrade West Midlands bus route 50 during 1998. [55]
Diamond Bus may refer to: Diamond East Midlands, bus operator in Burton on Trent, England; Diamond North West, bus operator in the north-west of England;
These include Diamond West Midlands and The Green Bus. Medium distance bus services from Birmingham include First Midland Red operating services to Worcester and Redditch. Arriva Midlands operates services to Tamworth and Kingsbury in Staffordshire.
At this stage Rotala merged all its Birmingham based operations under the Diamond Bus brand. In January 2011, Preston Bus was purchased from Stagecoach. [12] [13] In January 2013, Rotala purchased depots in Kidderminster and Redditch from First Midland Red with 36 buses. These were integrated into the Diamond Bus operation.