Storm Goretti: Full list of buses diverted due to icy conditions on West Midlands streets - including areas of Birmingham, Oldbury and Willenhall

All bus services across the West Midlands have been suspended until 8.30am due to icy conditions as Storm Goretti sweeps the region.

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Commuters are being warned of disruptions to local bus routes due icy conditions on local roads - with services in Birmingham, Oldbury and Willenhall affected.

The services are suspended until 8.30am, when a further decision will be made. The Express and Star will keep you up to date with these changes.

Here is a full list of routes affected by unsafe conditions today (January 9).

  • 1 Acocks Green Village - Five Ways Services suspended

  • 1 Dudley - Tettenhall Wood Wolverhampton to Dudley - Use ring road and not Snow Hill - no service to Tettenhall Wood

  • 1S Solihull - King Edwards High School Services suspended

  • 5A Dudley - Wall Heath Services suspended

  • 2 Warstones - Bushbury Hill To Bushbury Hill - terminate Showel Circus, to Warstones - turn at Coalway Road roundabout

  • 2 Birmingham - Maypole  City Centre to Yardley Wood garage buses to turn at Yardley Wood Road / School Road Roundabout 

  • 2/2A Merry Hill - Wrens Nest  Not serving Russells Hall Estate and Pensnett Estate. Terminating Top Church, ot serving Wrens Nest 

  • 3 West Bromwich - Merry Hill Services suspended

  • 3 Fordhouses - Castlecroft  Stafford Road - don't serve Marsh Lane - turn at M54 roundabout - dont serve Broadlands. Normal line of route to Chestnut Tree - straight on Castlecroft Road, dont serve White Oak Drive

  • 3 Birmingham - Yardley Wood  City Centre to Ravenshill Road / School Road buses to turn at Yardley Wood Road / School Road Roundabout 

  • 3A West Bromwich - Blackheath Services suspended

  • 4 Birmingham - Solihull Services suspended

  • 4 Walsall - Blackheath  Terminate at Blackheath 

  • 4 i54 - Spring Hill  To i54 use Oxley Moor road - don't serve i54 - turn at roundabout 

  • 4A Birmingham - Solihull Services suspended

  • 4M Walsall - Merry Hill  Terminate at Blackheath 

  • 5 Birmingham - Solihull Services suspended

  • 5 Dudley - Kingswinford Missing Ashenhurst Road and Dudley Town centre, services starting at Top Church Dudley

  • 5 West Bromwich - Sutton Coldfield  Normal line of route up to New Oscott but using the main Dual carriageway. Not serving Collingwood Drive Pheasy

  • 5 Wolverhampton - Codsall Service suspended

  • 6 Dudley - Stourbridge  Missing out Inhedge and Dudley town Centre. Start at Top Church 

  • 6 Walsall - Sutton Coldfield Service Suspended

  • 6 Wolverhampton - Wobaston  Use Crowther Road and Hordern Road, not Court Road, also using Lowlands Avenue, Codsall Road and Pendeford Avenue. Miss Ryfield, past Aldersley high, turn right onto normal line of route 

  • 6 Birmingham - Solihull Service Suspended

  • 6A Wolverhampton - Wobaston Service suspended

  • 7 Dudley - Wollaston Missing Belmount Road and Wynal and terminating at Stourbridge 

  • 7 Walsall - Castlefort  Terminate Walton Road 

  • 7S Aldridge School - Walsall School closed

  • 8 Walsall - Lichfield Service Suspended

  • 8 Wolverhampton - Wollaston Farm Service suspended

  • 9 Birmingham - Stourbridge  Using X10 route via Mucklow Hill 

  • 9 Walsall - Wolverhampton Service suspended

  • 9A Shire Oak School - Walsall Service suspended

  • 10 Walsall - Brownhills Terminating Tin Man island 

  • 10 Wolverhampton - Perton Service suspended

  • 10A Wolverhampton - Pattingham Service suspended

  • 11 Walsall - Dudley  Terminating at Castle hill and not serving Wednesbury bus station

  • 11 Wolverhampton - Underhill Turn at Scotlands 

  • 11A Birmingham Outer Circle (Anticlockwise) Not serving Brook Lane or Addison Roadd, service using Wheelers Lane, Howard Road and Alcester Road 

  • 11A Walsall - Dudley Terminating at Castle hill and not serving Wednesbury bus station 

  • 11C Birmingham Outer Circle (Clockwise) Not serving Brook Lane or Addison Roadd, service using Wheelers Lane, Howard Road and Alcester Road 

  • 11S Archbishop Ilsley School - Erdington Services suspended

  • 14 Birmingham - Chelmsley Wood Service Suspended

  • 15 Wombourne - Merry Hill Services suspended

  • 16 Birmingham - Great Barr Services running City Centre Markets to Hockely Circus

  • 16 Wolverhampton - Stourbridge  Using Main Road, not serving Wombourne or Blaze Park 

  • 16A Wolverhampton - Wombourne Service suspended

  • 17 Birmingham - Chelmsley Wood Services suspended

  • 17A Birmingham - Airport/NEC Services suspended

  • 18 Dudley - Merry Hill Missing out Inhedge and Dudley town Centre. Start Cinder Bank, not serving Timbertree 

  • 18 Yardley Wood - Bartley Green Yardley Wood Garage to High Street, Northfield - Not serving Taylor Road between Haunch Lane and Alcester Road South. Not Serving Watford Road and Northfield Road between Pershore Road South and Bunbury Road 

  • 23 Birmingham - Bartley Green Terminating at Clapgate lane 

  • 24 Birmingham - Woodgate Valley North  Diversion on Quinton Road West missing out Simmons Drive 

  • 27 Solihull - Rubery, Great Park Service Suspended

  • 32 Walsall - Lower Farm Service Suspended

  • 32 Wolverhampton - Northwood Park (clockwise) Normal line of route to Three Tunns Lane, right to Bushbury Lane, right to rejoin normal line of route. Not serving Northwood Park 

  • 33 Wolverhampton - Northwood Park (anticlockwise)  Normal line of route to Three Tunns Lane, right to Bushbury Lane, right to rejoin normal line of route. Not serving Northwood Park

  • 34 Walsall - Bilston Service Suspended35 Walsall - St Francis of Assisi College School closed

  • 35 Birmingham - Hawkesley Service Suspended

  • 36 Walsall - Alumwell  Manor Hospital only 

  • 37 Walsall - Willenhall Service Suspended

  • 39 Walsall - Stowlawn Service Suspended

  • 41 QE Hospital - Buckland End  Terminating at Heartlands Hospital 

  • 41 Walsall - Willenhall Service Suspended

  • 43 West Bromwich - Bilston Normal line of route from Great Bridge to West Bromwich. Missing out Princess End & Bilston 

  • 45 Birmingham - Longbridge Terminating at The Green 

  • 47 Birmingham - Longbridge Terminating at Kings Norton Station

  • 47 West Bromwich - Wednesbury Normal line of route to Gouth Arms - Using Hydes Road in both directions

  • 48 West Bromwich - Hawkesley Normal line of route to Abbey Road, missing out Harbone & Bearwood

  • 49 West Bromwich - Bearwood Normal line of route to Brandhall both ways 

  • 49 Solihull - Rubery, Great Park Service Suspended

  • 50 Birmingham - Druids Heath  Using Camp Hill and Digbeth High Street. Also missing out Druids Heath and continuing to Parsons Hill 

  • 59 Wolverhampton - Ashmore Park  From Peacock Avenue, left Griffiths Drive, left Linthouse Lane, right Lichfield Road then normal line of route 

  • 60 Birmingham - Cranes Park Terminating at Wagon lane 

  • 61 Birmingham - Frankley  Terminating at Frankley Beeches Road island off Egghill lane 

  • 62 Wolverhampton - Compton Service suspended

  • 62A Wolverhampton - Compton Service suspended

  • 63 Birmingham - Frankley Terminating at Leach Green Lane 

  • 69 Walsall - Wolverhampton Service suspended

  • 70 Walsall - Bloxwich  Missing out Sainsbury's 

  • 70A Walsall - Beechdale  Missing out Sainsbury's 

  • 72 Chelmsley Wood - Solihull Services suspended

  • 74 Birmingham - Dudley From West Bromwich to Birmingham, buses will follow the normal line of route. From West Bromwich to Dudley, buses will terminate at Castle Gate 

  • 76 Solihull - QE Hospital Service Suspended

  • 77 Walsall - Erdington Service Suspended

  • 77A Walsall - Erdington Service Suspended

  • 77S Royal Sutton School - Streetly School closed

  • 78 Sutton Coldfield - Streetly Service Suspended

  • 78A Sutton Coldfield - Streetly, The Queslett Service Suspended

  • 79 Wolverhampton - West Bromwich Service suspended

  • 80 Birmingham - West Bromwich Not using Price Street. sing the main road 

  • 81 Wolverhampton - Dudley Services suspended

  • 82 Wolverhampton - Dudley Service suspended

  • 94 Birmingham - Chelmsley Wood Service Suspended

  • 95 Birmingham - Chelmsley Wood  Terminating at Hurst Lane 

  • 97 Birmingham - Chelmsley Wood  Terminating at the Interchange 

  • 97A Birmingham - Birmingham Airport/NEC  Terminating at the Interchange 

  • 126 Dudley - Birmingham Services suspended

  • 159 Walsall Garage - St Francis of Assisi School School Closed

  • 530 Wolverhampton - Rocket Pool Service suspended

  • 701 Leamore - St Thomas More School School closed

  • 701 St Thomas more Darlaston to Bloxwich Service suspended

  • 705 Gillity Village - Barr Beacon School School closed

  • 710 Codsall High School - Perton Service suspended

  • 711 Wolverhampton - Compton Park School Service suspended

  • 713 Wolverhampton - Compton Park School Service suspended

  • 714 Upper Penn - Compton Park School Service suspended

  • 763 Wolverhampton - The Kings School Service suspended

  • 784 Pendeford - St Regis Church of England Service suspended

  • 788 Walsall - Barr Beacon School School closed

  • 793 Bushbury, Wood Lane - Compton Park Schools Service suspended

  • 794 Stafford Road, Three Tuns - Compton Park School Service suspended

  • 822 Birmingham - King Edward VI Five Ways School Service Suspended

  • 863 Yardley Wood Garage - Light Hall School Service Suspended

  • 877 Yardley - St Peters RC School Service Suspended

  • 878 St Thomas Aquinas School - Frankley Service Suspended

  • 881 Palfrey - Barr Beacon School School closed

  • 889 Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst - Yardley Service Suspended

  • 891 Coleshill School - Yardley Service Suspended

  • 936 Birmingham - Walsall Service Suspended

  • 937 Birmingham - Brownhills Service Suspended

  • 997 Birmingham - Walsall Service Suspended

  • 998 Birmingham - Streetly Service Suspended

  • 829/829A Birmingham - St. Paul's RC Girls School Service Suspended

  • X2 Birmingham - Solihull (Limited Stop) Services suspended

  • X8 Wolverhampton - Birmingham Miss Rowley Regis Road - Leave Dudley, Castle Gate Birmingham New Road, right to Blackheath then rejoin the normal line of route. 

  • X10 Gornal Wood - Birmingham Services running to normal line of route between Birmingham and Merry Hill only 

  • X12 Birmingham - Solihull (Limited Stop) Service Suspended

  • X13 Birmingham - Chelmsley Wood Service Suspended

  • X15 Birmingham - Sutton Coldfield Service Suspended

  • X20 Birmingham - Bromsgrove  Terminating at Longbridge island 

  • X21 Birmingham - Bartley Green Terminating at Weoley Castle Square

  • X22 Birmingham - Bartley Green Service Suspended

Travel officials have apologised for any inconvenience caused and say safety remains the priority.

Motorists and pedestrians are also being urged to take extra care in the area while freezing conditions persist.

It comes the Met Office has issued an amber weather alert for the Black Country and Staffordshire from 8pm on Thursday with schools closing, train services disrupted and offices closing early ahead of Storm Goretti - see the latest updates on the 'weather bomb' on our live blog here.

The warning covers Birmingham, Wolverhampton and the Black Country as well as Shropshire, Staffordshire and Mid Wales.