Diamond bus route 56, Arriva bus route X56 and National Express West Midlands bus route 935A

The 56, 935A and X56 are bus routes in the West Midlands County, United Kingdom. Service 56 and 935A both link Birmingham with Brownhills West with service X56 linking Birmingham to Boney Hay.

History
Service 935A replaced the Diamond route 56A on the 21 October 2012

Present
Service 56, Diamond Bus Currently run by Diamond Bus, the 56 serves Birmingham, Perry Barr, Kingstanding, Aldridge and Brownhills before reaching Watling Street. On journeys going out of Birmingham the service runs express and does not stop in Newtown or at One Stop Shopping Centre. After this, it serves all stops up to the terminus. However, on journeys going into Birmingham it serves all stops in Perry Barr and Newtown. Service currently takes 1 hour to complete. Vehicles mainly used on this service include Wright Cadet's and Dennis Dart's. Diamond Bus and National Express West Midlands currently charge £2.00 maximum fare. Service 935A, National Express West Midlands Currently run by National Express West Midlands (also known as Travel West Midlands) under contract to Centro, service 935A provides a hourly Monday-Friday evening service from 17:43 (From Birmingham) and two journeys in the morning one at 06:54 and the other at 07:24 then 18:17 (Monday-Saturdays from Brownhills West), Saturdays from 19:17 (from Birmingham) and all day on Sundays between Birmingham and Brownhills West. Service X56, Arriva Midlands Currently run by Arriva Midlands under contract to Centro, service X56 provides a peak hour service between Birmingham and Boney Hay. The service runs one journey in the morning from Boney Hay to Birmingham, and one return journey in the opposite direction in the evening. Unlike Diamond Bus, this service serves all stops in Newtown and calls at One Stop Shopping Centre, Perry Barr, however it does not call at Aston University. Currently it takes 1 hour 6 minutes to complete.

Current route

 * Service 56 Diamond bus
 * Birmingham
 * Birmingham City University
 * Kingstanding
 * Aldridge
 * Brownhills High Street
 * Brownhills West


 * Service X56 Arriva Midlands
 * Birmingham
 * Perry Barr, One Stop Shopping Centre
 * Kingstanding
 * Brownhills High Street
 * Ogley Hay
 * Chasetown
 * Burntwood
 * Boney Hay


 * Service 935A National Express West Midlands
 * Birmingham
 * Birmingham City University
 * Kingstanding
 * Hundred Acre
 * Aldridge
 * Brownhills High Street
 * Brownhills West