Mattybuzz: Trip to Bilston / West Bromwich 28-10-2023

Saturday, 28 October 2023

Trip to Bilston / West Bromwich 28-10-2023

Bus	From	To	Service	Operator

5419	Bilston Interchange	Dudley BS	82	NX West Midlands
4755	Dudley BS	Bearwood, Lordswood Road (stop BW)	126	NX West Midlands
4954	Bearwood, Hagley Road West (stop BQ)	West Bromwich BS	48	NX West Midlands
32309	West Bromwich BS	Wednesbury BS	40	Rotala Diamond
4511	Wednesbury BS	West Bromich BS	47	NX West Midlands
4596	West Bromwich BS	Bilston, War Memorial (Stop BA)	79	NX West Midlands

Today we decided to revisit Bilston. It was a relatively short trip after Matthew being ill plus mum was going to meet a friend there. We woke Matthew up at 08:00 to give him his medcine and Matthew got up around 09:30. After having toast and apple juice and getting ready we set off around 11:00. We got in the car and we set off through Blurton and onto Beaconsfield Drive. We turned left onto Church Road and at the roundabout we veered left onto Blurton Road. We continued through Blurton and into Heron Cross and over the A50. At Heron Cross lights we turned left onto Grove Road. We ran forwards onto Wheildon Road and we picked up uncle Dave. After picking up uncle Dave we continued down Wheildon Road. We turned right onto City Road and we joined the Southbound A500. We ran through Hanford to Hanchurch and we joined the Southbound M6. Travelling down the M6 we saw an unidentified Megabus coach, an unidentified Scottish Citylink 900 brnded coach, white minibus WX07 DUU / CP09 CFY, an unidentified Anderson coach, Enfieldian YT19 ??? ,an unidentified Ridleys coach, an unidentified Prospect coach & blue minibus LG57 RXU. We came off the M6 at junction 10 and we turned right onto the A454. We continued onto the A463 and we ran the last few miles to Bilston. We turned right onto the Coseley Road and right onto High Street. We went forwards onto Pinfold Street and we parked in the Pinfold Street car park. Once out of the car we set off around the market to the other end. We stopped at an outdoor cafe by the market. Mum ordered the food and I took Matthew through the market to the toilet, We walked back around the outside of the mstket and we sat down at the table. Matthew had a breakfast washed down with a can of Dr Pepper. When we had finished we said goodbye to mum and we walked alongside the A463 to the Interchange. We had a look a round to see what we could catch. We saw Rotala Diamond 21211 on a #224 to Sedgley.

Rotala Diamond 21211 in Bilston interchange

Also seen was Banga Travel YX61 BXF on a #530 to Wolverhampton.

Banga Travel YX61 BXF in Bilston interchange

We waslk around to the other side of the Interchange and we saw NX West Midlands 2233 on a #43 to West Bromwich.

NX West Midlands 2233 in Bilston interchange

A short time later we saw a double decker enter the bus statio and I asked Matthew if he wanted to do this and he said yes. We walked around the other side of the Interchange and we saw it was National Express West Midlands 5419 on a #82 to Dudley.

NX West Midlands 5419 in Bilston interchange

We got on the bus and we booked nBus Day Tickets at £4.50 each. We went upstairs and as the rear of the bus was empty, Matthew took a picture inside National Express West Midlands 5419 before we sat down.

Inside NX West Midlands 5419

The bus set off out of the bus station and we went Southwards onto the A41. We turned right onto Loxdale Street and over the tram line, going forwards onto Salop Street. We trundle through undulating housing estates full of near identical semi-detached houses and we went over the railway into Coseley. We crossed the A4123 dual carriageway. We went through a small village called Roseville and we traveled South again through yet another housing estate of semi-detached houses. Eventually we joined a main road and we went South-Westwards into Dudley town centre. In the town centre we turned left onto Castle Street and right into the bus station. Once off the bus we had a wander around the bus station. We went down to the layover area and we saw Rotala Diamond 32225 between runs on the #5 to Kingswinford.