{"id":276265,"date":"2025-07-20T02:24:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T02:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/276265\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T02:24:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T02:24:10","slug":"diamond-bus-changes-across-dudley-halesowen-blackheath-and-oldbury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/276265\/","title":{"rendered":"Diamond Bus changes across Dudley, Halesowen, Blackheath and Oldbury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  From July 20, Diamond Buses is set to implement a series of changes to services in Dudley, Oldbury, Halesowen and Blackheath.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A new route, the number 12A, will operate from Dudley to Oldbury to an hourly timetable.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  This service will operate on a revised route, serving Regent Road, Elm Terrace, Poplar Avenue, City Road and Tower Road.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The number 14 from Dudley to Blackheath and 14A from Dudley to Halesowen via Blackheath will be subject to a new route and timetable change, now serving Darby\u2019s Hill Road, City Road and Portway Hill.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Diamond Buses said passengers who require Regent Road, Elm Terrace and Poplar Avenue should now use the new 12A.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The number 20 from Blackheath\u00a0to Bearwood will now operate to Blackheath via Oldbury Road, offering &#8220;greater links to retail opportunities&#8221;, according to Diamond Buses.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In the Warley area, it will also now operate along a section of Pottery Road and Bleakhouse Road.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In Bearwood, the service will now terminate at Rutland Road to improve punctuality.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The number 21 from\u00a0Oldbury to Bearwood will also be operating on a new route between Bearwood and Cape Hill, now travelling along Willow Avenue, Dorset Road, Sycamore Road and Grange Road in this area.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In Bearwood, service will now terminate at Rutland Road to improve punctuality on this service.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The number 214 from Dudley to the Foxyards Estate will operate to a revised timetable, with some early and late journeys being withdrawn due to \u201clow passenger usage\u201d, according to the operator.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The last service in the area that will be impacted by the changes is the number 215\u00a0from Dudley to Blackheath.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  This service will now be extended beyond Springfield Road, serving Dudley Road, Hawes Lane, Rowley Village, Birmingham Road, Market Place and Halesowen Street.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  However, due to low passenger usage, Warrens Hall Estate will no longer be served.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From July 20, Diamond Buses is set to implement a series of changes to services in Dudley, Oldbury,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":276266,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-276265","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}