Eastside Birmingham City Centre

The Eastside of Birmingham City Centre is set to be transformed through a multimillion pound regeneration project, led by Birmingham City Council, to improve housing, office and leisure space. 

With the extension of the metro line, the opening of HS2 Curzon Street Station and the introduction of new Sprint routes, the area will be one of the most connected parts of city and become a better area to live, work, study and visit.

Whilst work takes place, you may experience disruption to your journey. There will be changes to the way you travel to and from some parts of the city centre. Please plan ahead and  remember to check your journey regularly. 

Please check back regularly for the most up-to-date information.

What's happening?

The work on the much-anticipated Birmingham Eastside Metro Extension has progressed significantly since spades hit the ground in 2020, with main construction activity in Lower Bull Street and Digbeth High Street having been completed.

Works are continuing to progress in the Eastside of Birmingham, and from Sunday 5 January 2025 more bus stops will open on Corporation Street (opposite the Square Peg pub) and Albert Street.

If you usually access the city centre to and from Moor Street Queensway, Carrs Lane and Priory Queensway, your bus route is still running. There will however be some small changes to bus routes and bus stop locations in this area of the city. 

The bus stop you need to use to get off or on the bus may have changed.

Please plan ahead and remember to check your route ahead of travelling by using the TfWM Journey Planner.

From Sunday 5 January 2025, there will be changes to bus stops near Moor Street Queensway, Carrs Lane, Priory Queensway and Corporation Street.  

Additional stops will be available and the main changes are listed below.    

Services 23, 24, 822 will stop at the north end of Albert Street heading towards Bull Street at MS21 as well as the existing stop on Priory Queensway.

Services 934, 935, 936, 937, 937A, 997, 997S will stop at the south end of Albert Street heading towards Moor Street Queensway at MS22  

Services 33, 51, 907, 907A, X51 will stop at the Corporation Street opposite the Square Peg pub.

Services 2, 3 will use stop MS3 on Moor Street Queensway by Primark instead of MS4

Services 4, 4A will move from MS4 to use stop MS5

Services 61, 63 will move from MS9 to use stop MS8 on the inbound (near St Michaels Catholic Church)  On the outbound PQ8 on Priory Queensway near B&M Homestore and also MS16   

Services 65, 67, 68 will use stop PQ9 (opposite B&M Homestore) on Priory Queensway instead of PQ10

Services 97, 97A will use Carrs Lane at MS7 and MS16 on Moor Street Queensway and no longer call at Priory Queensway.

Services X21 and X22 will use MS8 and MS16 near Curzon Street development as well as PQ8 near B&M Homestore.

Travelling to/from Walsall & Birmingham:

• If you are travelling out of the city towards Walsall, your new stops have moved from Priory Queensway.


• Travelling into the city, the bus will set down on Corporation Street near the Square Peg pub.

*Your new stop may be a short walk away. For bus services affected, please refer to the map detailing the changes*

The following services will be unaffected and continue to service the current stops:

5, 6, 16, 16A, 17, 35, 50, 60,  66, 82, 87, X1, X2, X64.

Bus timetables are also changing on 5 January 2025. To find your new bus timetable, visit tfwm.org.uk/plan-your-journey/find-a-timetable

To download resources from our business toolkit click here

You will still be able to get to where you need to go, but consider the following:

The key travel advice is as follows:

• If you usually get on or off your bus by Moor Street Station, New Street Station, Carrs Lane or Priory Queensway; your bus route is still operating and you are still able to get it, close to where you usually do. However, the stop you need to get on and off at may have changed.


• Your bus stop may have changed so plan ahead; check your journey in both directions of travel.


• Familiarise yourself with the changes to your stop; another route/stop might suit your destination better.


• Put your safety first- much of Moor Street Queensway will be a construction site, for your own safety use the designated walking routes to get to your destination. These are signposted clearly.