Travel West Midlands logo Travel West Midlands (formerly known as West Midlands Travel) is the largest bus operator in the West Midlands, including the cities of Birmingham, Coventry (trading as Travel Coventry) and Wolverhampton, as well as the boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull and Walsall. The price of a journey for an adult is £1 for a short hop journey (max 2 fare stages), £1.40 for 3+ fare stages and £3 for an all day ticket. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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The County of West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a population of around 2,600,000 people. ...
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Travel Coventry logo Travel Coventry (formed on 9 December 2002) is the trading name for all Travel West Midlands bus services operating from their depot in Coventry, in the West Midlands region of England. ...
// Wolverhampton is a City in the historical county of Staffordshire and metropolian county of the West Midlands. ...
Map sources for Dudley at grid reference SO9390 Dudley is a town in the West Midlands, England. ...
Sandwell is a metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. ...
, Solihull (IPA: , or ) is a large town in the West Midlands in England with a population of 94,753. ...
, Walsall is an industrial town in the West Midlands of England. ...
Travel West Midlands is owned by the National Express Group which also owns sister operators Travel London and Travel Dundee. The company stems from the 1986 deregulation of the bus industry in England and Wales. The company evolved out of what was previously the bus operations of the West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive (WMPTE) and had originally been the separate operations of the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Walsall, West Bromwich and Coventry Corporations. National Express Group plc (LSE: NEX) is a UK-based transport group that operates airport, bus and rail services in the UK, the US and Canada, Australia, Spain, Portugal and Morocco and long-distance coach routes across Europe. ...
Travel London is an operator of buses in London. ...
Travel Dundee is a bus operator based in Dundee and operates services mainly within Dundee City. ...
Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ...
Bus deregulation in Great Britain came into force on 26 October 1986, and is formally known as the 1985 Transport Act. ...
Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ...
This article is about the country. ...
The West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive (WMPTE), better known as Centro, is the Passenger Transport Executive responsible for promoting and co-ordinating public transport services throughout the West Midlands county in England. ...
Routes
For a list of routes operated by TWM, see List of Travel West Midlands bus routes. This is a list of bus routes operated by Travel West Midlands in the West Midlands of England. ...
Safer Travel Safer Travel (formally known as Operation Safer Travel - OST) is the award-winning partnership between Travel West Midlands, Travel Coventry, West Midlands Police and Centro. Safer Travel aims to deter and detect crime, vandalism and graffiti on TWM's buses. It has been highly successful in doing this with over 211 joint 'gateway checks' carried out in 2005. The West Midlands county The West Midlands Police is the police force covering the West Midlands county in England. ...
Centro can refer to: Centro, one of the regions of Portugal Centro, the Central New York Regional Transportation Authority in the USA. Centro, the West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive in the United Kingdom. ...
In order to help combat crime on TWM services, Safer Travel inspectors and officers conduct "Gateway" checks up and down the West Midlands, looking out for fare evaders, drugs via a special OST dog unit and people who are wanted for arrest within the West Midlands.
The Safer Travel team also have presentations for local schools through the award-winning 'SMART Schools project' educating children about how to respect their buses. Advertising campaigns such as the "Yes they do work", referring to the CCTV cameras fitted to many vehicles, as well as "Crystaleyes" TV sets on selected fleet, also help to spread the constant message. Surveillance cameras. ...
The team is also located within Travel Dundee working in partnership with Tayside Police. Travel Dundee is a bus operator based in Dundee and operates services mainly within Dundee City. ...
Safer Travel has recently expanded into it's Travel London subsidiary with various Safer Travel 'code of conduct' contracts signed between the operator and various schools within the Travel London area. Travel London is an operator of buses in London. ...
Fleet
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A Dennis Trident 2 owned by Stagecoach, UK. For 3-axle, longitudinal-engine Dennis Trident built for export, see Dennis Trident 3/Dennis Trident E500. ...
A Stagecoach A1 Service Dennis Trident 2 with an Alexander ALX400 body. ...
MCW Metrobus is a double decker bus model manufactured by MCW from 1977 until 1989. ...
Volvo B7TL is a low-floor double decker which was launched in 1999 and replaced the 2-axle version of Volvo Olympian (its 3-axle version was replaced by Volvo Super Olympian). ...
Plaxton President is the name of a double-decker bus body built by Plaxton from 1999 to 2005 in the United Kingdom. ...
A Stagecoach A1 Service Dennis Trident 2 with an Alexander ALX400 body. ...
A Wright Eclipse Gemini-bodied Volvo B7TL low floor double decker bus owned by London General. ...
O405 in Viernheim, Germany A SBS Transit Mercedes-Benz O405 in Singapore. ...
The Volvo B6 is a midibus manufactured by Volvo between c. ...
A Wright Crusader bodied Dennis Dart SLF A Wright Crusader 2 bodied Volvo B6BLE The Wright Crusader is a bus body built by Wright on Dennis Dart SLF and Volvo B6LE chassis. ...
The Volvo B10L is a low-floor single-deck city bus chassis. ...
A Wright Liberator The Wright Liberator is a low floor single-deck bus body built on Volvo B10L chassis by Wright. ...
A Leyland Lynx in Hanover Street, Liverpool The Leyland Lynx is a single-decker bus built by Leyland between 1984 and 1992. ...
An Optare Solo M990 used on the Exeter Park and Ride The Optare Solo is a low floor midibus manufactured in Leeds, UK by Optare since 1997. ...
The Optare Excel was a full-size single deck bus manufactured by Optare. ...
A DAF DB250LF (with Optare Spectra bodywork) owned by Wilts & Dorset. ...
Launched in 1991, the Optare Spectra is a double decker bus body built on the DAF (now VDL) DB250 chassis. ...
The Dennis Dart is a rear-engined midibus model built in UK and was the first successful Dennis product since the Dominator. ...
An ALX200 on Dennis Dart SLF chassis, in service with Arriva in the Netherlands The Alexander ALX200 is the name of a bus body built by Alexander of United Kingdom, which were for new generation (mainly low-floor) bus chassis produced since late 1990s. ...
Alexander Dennis Limited (formerly known as TransBus International) is the largest bus builder in the United Kingdom and one of the largest in the world. ...
An Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 in service with London operator Metroline. ...
O405 in Viernheim, Germany A SBS Transit Mercedes-Benz O405 in Singapore. ...
A Citaro bus in Bucharest, Romania. ...
The Vario is a heavy van manufactured by Mercedes-Benz, originally launched as the T2 (Transporter 2) in 1986, the Vario gained its current name when facelifted in 1996. ...
The Alexander ALX100 is the name of a bus body built by Alexander of United Kingdom between 1997 and 2000, which were for new generation (mainly low-floor) bus chassis produced since late 1990s. ...
The Volvo B6 is a midibus manufactured by Volvo between c. ...
The Plaxton Pointer was a successful single-deck bus manufactured during the 1990s. ...
The Scania OmniCity is an integrally-constructed transverse-engined citybus available on the European market. ...
External links - Travel West Midlands
- Travel Coventry
- Safer Travel
- West Midlands Buses
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