Last stop - new City Centre bus boarding points

As moves are made to start the extension of the Midland Metro through Birmingham City Centre, July 22 will be a significant day for travellers in and around Birmingham.  The 22 July will see the move of city centre stops to six new interchanges, Connecting the Transport dots, with one of the most significant changes being the pedestrianisation of Corporation Street, to allow the metro to run down the street towards New Street Station, and the relocation of it's 10 bus stops.

The relocation will see stops moved into six interchanges at Snow Hill/ Colmore Row, Paradise Circus / Broad Street, New Street Gateway, Markets, Moor Street / Carrs Lane, and Bull Street / Priory Queensway.

Together with the new locations the new stops will see improved shelters and an improved design to compliment the new tram stops and on-street information points.

Bus marshals will be at bus stops between 15 and 29 July to help passengers with information and directions with information posters going up throughout the city to help ease the process of moving stops.


Network West Midlands has produced detailed maps on it's website showing the routes of affected buses and how they will enter and exit the new interchanges.  An example is reproduced below courtesy of Network West Midlands to show this information.








The website is :  http://www.networkwestmidlands.com/connectedcity-new/Maps.swf

Network West Midlands will also be hosting exhibitions to show the full changes across the city with the first to take place at the markets on Edgbaston Street.


14 public exhibitions giving full details of the bus service improvements will be held around the city centre until July 29. The first event, aboard the Centro exhibition bus, takes place between 9:30am and 3pm tomorrow (Friday July 6) by the markets in Edgbaston Street.http://www.centro.org.uk/newsroom/PressReleases/PressRelease35097.aspx
Exhibitions will be held at the following locations.


Friday 6th July
Edgbaston Street
09:30 – 15:00
Tuesday 10th July
High Street by M&S
10:00 – 18:00
Friday 13th July
Edgbaston Street
09:30 – 15:00
Tuesday 17th July
High Street by M&S
10:00 – 18:00
Wednesday 18th July
Edgbaston Street
09:30 – 15:00
Thursday 19th July
High Street M&S
10:00 – 18:00
Friday 20th July
Edgbaston Street
09:30 – 15:00
Saturday 21st July
Marquee  New Street by Starbucks
09:00 – 15:00
Sunday 22nd July
Corporation Street
09:00 – 17:00
Monday 23rd July
Corporation Street
08:00 – 18:00
Tuesday 24th July
Corporation Street
08:00 – 18:00
Wednesday 25th July
Corporation Street
08:00 – 18:00
Thursday 26th July
Corporation Street
08:00 – 18:00
Friday 27th July
Corporation Street
08:00 – 18:00
Saturday 28th July
Corporation Street- marquee
09:00 – 18:00
Sunday 29th July
Corporation Street - marquee
11:00 – 16:00


Reproduced below are a first look at the changes as reproduced in the Birmingham Mail on July 5.  Further information can be found at the Centro exhibition buses and on the Network West Midlands website.




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