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25th July 2007 - 258 ways to get a sparkling travel deal in the West Midlands!
Diamond, the bus company that runs services in the West Midlands and the Black Country, has introduced a new Freedom Ticket, offering travel throughout the region for a pound a day or less. And buying the Freedom Ticket has never been easier with the introduction of a network of outlets where the tickets can be purchased.
Diamond’s Operations Director, Nigel Eggleton said, “The seven day Freedom ticket costs £7 and the twenty-eight day ticket is even more of a bargain at £25. We have set –up a network of PayPoint outlets so passengers can buy the tickets easily. We’ve made things a simple as possible, passengers don’t even need a photo card. There are 258 separate PayPoint locations so anywhere in the West Midlands you’re never far from a pay centre. The tickets are valid on all of our service all day and they can even be used by friends or relatives when the original purchaser isn’t using the ticket themselves.”
Nigel Eggleton added, “We operate services from Birmingham, to many destinations including West Bromwich, Druids Heath, Hamstead, Garrets Green, Walsall, Dudley, Chelmsley Wood and Brownhills. We believe our services are particularly attractive as they are operated with low floor single deck buses without the behaviour problems associated with double-decker vehicles. We’ve recently stepped up the frequency of many of our services and so we believe the Freedom tickets do represent astonishing value for money.” Passengers can find more details of the Freedom Ticket and the PayPoint locations here.
08th June 2007 - Enhanced frequency on the 87 Dudley corridor
Diamond Bus Network are delighted to announce enhanced services on the 87 Dudley corridor route. See the new timetable for details.
29th April 2007 - Bus Fares are coming down in price!!!!
Diamond are please to announce the launch of the weekly FREEDOM TICKET providing you with opportunity to enjoy 7 days unlimited travel for only £7.00
If you are an infrequent traveller the Diamond DAY RETURN ticket represents fantastic value at only £2.00
Both tickets are available from our friendly drivers and unlike traditional passes can be passed between family and friends.
Service changes
New timetables are being introduced on the following routes with effect from Sunday 29th April 2007.
Service 50 Birmingham Moor Street to Druid’s Heath via Moseley and King’s Heath
A new Sunday and evening service will compliment our current daytime service.
Service 156 Birmingham Carrs Lane to Brownhills via Kingstanding and Aldridge
The service is re-numbered 56 and 56A (via Hundred Acre Estate, Streetly) and will now operate every 15 minutes in response to public demand Monday to Saturday daytime and every 30 minutes evenings and Sundays.
Further information can be obtained from our enquiry line 0121-557-7337 (Mon – Sat 9.00 am to 5.00 pm or www.centro.org outside office hours. Alternatively you may pick up an information leaflet containing full timetable and fares information from our driver.
Other Service changes
The following services operated on behalf of Centro will be operated by other operators from 29th April 2007. We wish to thank passengers for their past custom.
- Coventry and Earlsden
- 99 Coventry Park and Ride Service
- 346 Walsall and Bloxwich
- 347 Turnberry Road and Ryder’s Hayes Estate
- 604 Mere Green and Kingstanding
- 616 Black Lake and Perry Barr
- 630 Northfield and Smethwick
- 644 West Bromwich and Tipton
- 966 Erdington and Birmingham Airport