National Express West Midlands, Diamond bus, GRS Travel bus route 16 and National Express West Midlands bus route 16A

The 16 and 16A are bus routes in the West Midlands County, United Kingdom.

Service 16 links Birmingham with Hamstead and peak hour service 16A links Birmingham to Scott Arms, Great Barr.

Present & the Future
Service 16 currently serves Birmingham, Hockley, Handsworth Wood and Hamstead whilst service 16A does not serve Hamstead but goes off to serve Scott Arms, Great Barr. National Express West Midlands currently runs every 6-10 minutes daytime Monday - Saturday, every 20 minutes evenings and 12 minutes Sunday. The service is usually run by Scania OmniLink (two of which are branded for the 16), however, when needed the service will usually experience MCW Metrobus, Enviro 400's or [[Volvo B7TL Alexander ALX400's on it. Very rarely will an appearance by Volvo B10B's be seen. Both services are run commercially.

Service 16 also experiences some competition from Diamond Bus who run every 7-9 minutes during the day and 8 minutes on Sundays with later starting and earlier finishing times. There is no longer a evening service or late night service run by Diamond or National Express West Midlands.

National Express West Midlands, Diamond Bus & GRS travel currently charge a maximum fare of £2.00 on both services.

Current route

 * Service 16, NXWM
 * Birmingham Markets-Upper Dean Street
 * Birmingham-Pavillions
 * Birmingham-Priory Queensway
 * Birmingham-Colmore Circus
 * Hockley Circus
 * Handsworth Wood-Church Lane
 * Handsworth Wood-Selbourne Road
 * Hamstead Village
 * Hamstead-Green Lane


 * Service 16, Diamond Bus
 * Birmingham Markets-Upper Dean Street
 * Birmingham-Priory Queensway
 * Birmingham-Colmore Circus
 * Hockley Circus
 * Handsworth Wood-Church Lane
 * Hamstead Village
 * Hamstead-Green Lane


 * Service 16, GRS Travel
 * Birmingham Markets-Upper Dean Street
 * Birmingham-Pavillions
 * Birmingham-Priory Queensway
 * Birmingham-Colmore Circus
 * Hockley Circus
 * Handsworth Wood-Church Lane
 * Hamstead Village
 * Hamstead-Green Lane


 * Service 16A, NXWM
 * Birmingham Markets-Upper Dean Street
 * Birmingham-Pavillions
 * Birmingham-Priory Queensway
 * Birmingham-Colmore Circus
 * Hockley Circus
 * Handsworth Wood-Church Lane
 * Handsworth Wood-Selbourne Road
 * Hamstead Village
 * Hamstead-Green Lane
 * Scott Arm's, Great Barr