Dudley bus station

Dudley bus station
Dudley bus station in April 2009
General information
Location	Fisher Street, Dudley England
Owned by	West Midlands Combined Authority
Operated by	Transport for West Midlands
Bus routes	22
Bus stands	19
Bus operators	Arriva Midlands Diamond West Midlands National Express Coaches National Express West Midlands
History
Opened	1986

Dudley bus station is a bus station in Dudley, England. It is managed by Transport for West Midlands. Local bus and national coach services operated by various companies serve the bus station which has 19 departure stands.

The arrival stand is A and also on surrounding streets and the departures stands are lettered B - U (excluding I and O). U is allocated to long distance coach services, which are mainly pre-booked.

The original bus station was constructed along Birmingham Street on a steep hill overlooking Dudley Castle in about 1950. It was complemented by an additional line of shelters along neighbouring Fisher Street. However, a series on incidents of buses rolling back injuring passengers led to widespread local criticism of its design. This resulted in the West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive rebuilding the bus station on a completely level site along Fisher Street. Construction of the new bus station began during 1985 and it was opened in 1986.

The original lay-over facilities on adjacent Portersfield still remain to this day, on part of what is now a public car park. As at September 2022, the 19 stands were served by 22 routes.

The bus station is due to be redeveloped to create an interchange with the under construction West Midlands Metro line to Brierley Hill. Planning permission was granted in September 2022. Demolition of the bus station began in March 2024.

Bus routes

Route	Destination	Operator	Notes
010	Tettenhall Wood via Wolverhampton	National Express West Midlands
02/2A0	Wrens Nest & Merry Hill	National Express West Midlands
05/5A0	Kingswinford & Wall Heath	Diamond	The 5A Continues To Wall Heath
060	Stourbridge	National Express West Midlands
070	Wollaston Junction via Merry Hill	National Express West Midlands
080	Wollaston Farm & Wolverhampton	National Express West Midlands
011//11A0	Walsall via Wednesbury	National Express West Midlands
012/12A0	Birmingham via Oldbury	National Express West Midlands
0140	Foxyards & Halesowen	National Express West Midlands	Foxyards journeys do not operate on Sundays
014A0	Merry Hill	National Express West Midlands
017/17A0	Stourbridge	Diamond Bus	Sunday journeys and evening journeys terminate at Kingswinford
0180	Merry Hill	Diamond Bus
0190	Q.E. Hospital via Halesowen	National Express West Midlands
0240	Merry Hill	National Express West Midlands
027/27A0	Wolverhampton	Diamond Bus
0740	Birmingham	National Express West Midlands
074A0	West Bromwich	Diamond Bus
0810	Wolverhampton	Banga Buses	Diamond run this service on evenings and Sundays
0820	Wolverhampton	National Express West Midlands	Diamond also run this service on Sundays and nights
0870	Birmingham	National Express West Midlands
01260	Birmingham	National Express West Midlands
0X80	Birmingham & Wolverhampton	National Express West Midlands	Some Sunday journeys terminate only at Quinton and not go to Birmingham
02230	Bilston	Diamond Bus
02260	Merry Hill	Diamond Bus
02290	Bilston	Diamond Bus

Former bus routes

Route	Destination	Operator	Notes
02A0	Merry Hill	National Express West Midlands	Service withdrawn in 2021
0420	West Bromwich via Tipton	National Express West Midlands and Diamond	Was cut only as far as Tipton Queens Rd as of the last timetable change
02080	Merry Hill	iGo Buses	Service was scrapped in 2019 after the administration of iGo buses and Diamond ceased the Sunday daytime service all together
01210	West Bromwich	National Express West Midlands	Service withdrawn in 2018 and was replaced by 12A between Dudley & Oldbury
01270	Birmingham	National Express West Midlands	Service withdrawn in 2018 and was replaced by 14 between Dudley & Blackheath
01400	Birmingham	National Express West Midlands	Service withdrawn in 2018 and was replaced by the X8 to/from Wolverhampton
02410	Halesowen	National Express West Midlands	Service withdrawn in 2018 and was replaced by the X8 between Dudley & Hurst Green and 14 between Hurst Green and Halesowen
01240	Cradley Heath	Diamond Bus	Service withdrawn in 2019 and was replaced by 11/11A which was 81 at the time through Netherton and 24 through Saltwells