Stories from and about buses in the West Midlands

National Express takes over Petermann Partners to expand in US Sep 13 2011

Transport giant National Express has taken over a US travel firm in a £126.4 million deal to help expansion plans on the other side of the Atlantic.Read

National Express boss Dave Kaye in shock resignation Sep 12 2011

THE man in charge of 4,500 National Express bus drivers has left the Birmingham group “for personal reasons” after less than a year at the helm.Read

Police on Birmingham buses to look after new school starters Sep 05 2011

POLICE are out in force on the buses around Birmingham to help ensure the city’s school starters are safe and well on their first few days of travelling alone on public transport.Read

Quinton mum tells of bus smash horror after child suffered crush injuries Sep 05 2011

A HORRIFIED mum has told of the moment she found out her parked car which was carrying two of her children had careered into a bus.Read

Boy airlifted to hospital after car smashes into bus in Harborne Sep 01 2011

A toddler has been airlifted to hospital after a car smashed into a bus on Harborne High Street. Read

Aston Manor Transport Museum to shut down Aug 25 2011

BIRMINGHAM’S historic road transport museum looks set to close at the end of the year after failing in its bid to buy its Victorian Tram shed home from the city council.Read

Porsche Boxter left in crumpled heap after road smash with coach and Mini in Walsall Aug 08 2011

A Porsche Boxter was left in a crumpled heap after it was involved in a three vehicle smash in Walsall. Read

One dead and one seriously injured in Castle Bromwich crash Jul 27 2011

One man has died and another has been seriously injured in a road traffic collision involving a car and a bus in Birmingham this evening.Read

Bus ran over toddler at Druids Heath bus stop Jul 19 2011

A DEVOTED mum has told how she repeatedly refused doctors’ advice to turn off her three-year-old son’s life support machine after he fell under a bus and his heart stopped for 30 minutes.Read

Travel West Midlands boss Dave Kaye comes face-to-face with Birmingham Mail readers Jul 13 2011

THE CITY’S bus boss promised he was sacking bad drivers and having major success in tackling crime, when he came face-to-face with Birmingham Mail readers. Read

National Express West Midlands boss Dave Kaye answers Birmingham Mail readers' questions Jul 13 2011

THESE are some of the questions posed by the Birmingham Mail bus panel to National Express West Midlands chief Dave Kaye;Read

Row as child bus fares axed after 10pm in West Midlands Jul 07 2011

CHILDREN’S safety could be put at risk after bus giant National Express scrapped reduced fares on late-night journeys, an angry father has claimed.Read

National Express and Centro pledge £25 million to transform Birmingham's bus network Jul 04 2011

BUS passengers can expect a cleaner, greener and faster service after £25 million was pledged to transform Birmingham’s network.Read

Birmingham Children to keep free bus passes after council U-turn Jul 02 2011

THOUSANDS of Birmingham school children can keep their free bus passes after council officials ditched plans to make them pay for travel to and from classes.Read

Bus users to grill Travel West Midlands boss in Birmingham Mail debate Jul 01 2011

BIRMINGHAM Mail readers have been jumping at the chance to quiz the man responsible for getting the city to work and school on time.Read

Kingstanding dad beaten up on bus as his children watched on in horror Jun 28 2011

FOUR young children watched in horror as their father was beaten by a gang of yobs on a Birmingham bus. Read

Teen robbed on bus in Harborne Jun 24 2011

A TEENAGER was forced to hand over his mobile phone and cash by a robber who confronted him on a bus in Birmingham.Read

Pensioner injured in fall on city bus Jun 21 2011

AN eighty-five year-old grandmother has told how she was left housebound two months after she fell and injured herself on a Birmingham bus.Read

The Travel West Midlands bus garage where work is a family affair Jun 18 2011

PEOPLE often complain about having to go to work to earn a crust but for these 14 Birmingham bus garage employees it’s all relative.Read