West Midlands Bus Alliance

We're part of the West Midlands Bus Alliance

The West Midlands Bus Alliance (WMCA) is made up of bus operators like Stagecoach, National Express & Diamond along with, local councils, Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) & community groups.

We all work together to improve bus services for passengers with the aim of making bus travel cleaner, greener, safer, faster and more attractive.  By working in Partnership we have created an ‘Enhanced Partnership’ (EP). This outlines the things we aim to deliver for the benefit of customers. 

The latest Enhanced Partnership can be found here (there a new one on the way)
The latest Enhanced Partnership Plan can be found here

The EP covers the West Midlands metropolitan area and will improve bus services for the region.

Stagecoach run the following services fully within the area:
7C – Coventry • Coundon • Brownshill Green (evenings and Sundays only)
20A – Coventry • Foleshill • Bell Green • University Hospital (evenings only)
41 - QE Hospital • Moseley • Acocks Green • Tyseley • Heartlands Hospital
46 - Kings Heath • Hawkesley • Queen Elizabeth Hospital
51 – Coventry • Earlsdon • Coundon • Longford • Potters Green • University Hospital
60 - University of Warwick • Cheylesmore • Whitley • Willenhall • University Hospital • Little Heath • Arena Park
71 - Chelmsley Wood • Sutton Coldfield (Sundays only)
82 - Solihull • Catherine De Barnes • Hampton in Arden • Meriden • Allesley Village • Coventry
87 - Solihull • Knowle • Balsall Common • Burton Green • Coventry
88 - Balsall Common • Chadwick End • Knowle • Solihull
169 - Kings Heath • Shirley • Solihull
A9 - Blythe Gate • Solihull • Kingshurst
703 - University Hospital • Potters Green • Wood End • Bell Green • Arena Park

Stagecoach run the following services partly within the area:
56/56B - Coventry  • Ash Green • Bedworth • Nuneaton
85A – Coventry • University Hospital • Rugby (Sundays only)
86 – Coventry  • Binley • Rugby
148 – Coventry  •  Bedworth  • Nuneaton
X17 – Coventry  •  Kenilworth  •  Leamington • Warwick
X18 – Coventry  • Leamington •  Warwick  •  Stratford
U1/U2 – University of Warwick  •  Leamington

For services running in the WMCA area there’s a ‘Customer Charter’ details of which can be found here

As part of the charter we have made a promise that if the last bus of the day does not run or departs early causing you to be stranded, you’ll be reimbursed reasonable costs for an equivalent journey. Full details are in the charter.


Stagecoach continually invests in our fleet with 100% of our buses in the WMCA area meeting Euro VI environmental standards. 


Stagecoach is part of the ‘All Electric Coventry Project’. This is a £150 million project to create the UK’s first all-electric bus city by 2025.

Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) and Coventry City Council secured £50 million funding from the Department for Transport to develop charging infrastructure and to top up the investment being made by bus operators in upgrading our fleets with electric vehicles. This will see Stagecoach and the other operators investing over £100 million in buses for the West Midlands.

As a result of the investment by both bus companies and the DfT funding, Coventry will see improved air quality and reduced greenhouse gases, and passengers will benefit from a fleet of brand new, comfortable and fully accessible buses.