National Express West Midlands and Diamond bus routes

National Express West Midlands Routes 4, 4H and 4M and Diamond Bus Routes 4 4H 4M are four bus routes operating in West Midlands County, England.

History
In October 2012 Centro did a review of services in Sandwell and that led to the National Express West Midlands bus routes 404/404A/404H and Diamond bus 404E and 417 was changed. All the above services then became a partnership and operates as service 4 National Express west midlands between Walsall-Blackheath via West Bromwich,4 Diamond Walsall-West Bromwich via Ston Cross, 4H  National Express West Midlands/Diamond between Walsall-Halesowen/Hayley Green via West Bromwich and Blackheath and 4M National Express West Midlands/Diamond between Walsall-Merry Hill via West VBromwich, Blackheath and Cradley Heath.

Present
The 404 currently links Walsall and Blackheath via West Bromwich. It is operated by National Express West Midlands. There is also an extended working of the route, the 404A, which extends from Blackheath to Cradley Heath and is also operated by National Express West Midlands. This runs to a half hourly frequency. The routes are operated using recently delivered Scania OmniLinks, at a combined frequency of every six minutes Monday - Saturday.

During Saturday and Sunday daytime, the 404A is replaced by an extended version of itself, the 404H, which extends from Cradley Heath to the Merry Hill Centre. This runs to a half hourly frequency throughout the day.

There is a shortened working of the 4 operated by Diamond Bus the, which operates only between Walsall and West Bromwich, following the same route as the full length version. It runs to a 8 minute Monday - Saturday daytime frequency, using brand new MAN 14.240 MCV eVolutions.

The 4 and 4 does operate on Sundays, but National Express West Midlands/Diamond operate the 4,4H & 4M to a combined fifteen minute daytime frequency.

Certain journeys, when the bus is returning or starting the route to/from the depot, on services 4, 4H & 4M terminate at West Bromwich Bus Station, Stone Cross, Blackheath, Cradley Heath and Sandwell and Dudley railway station

Current Routes

 * Service 4, DIA
 * Walsall
 * Caldmore
 * Stone Cross
 * West Bromwich


 * Service 4, NXWM
 * Walsall
 * Caldmore
 * Stone Cross
 * West Bromwoch
 * Oldbury
 * Blackheath


 * Service 4H, DIA
 * Walsall
 * Caldmore
 * Stone Cross
 * West Bromwich
 * Oldbury
 * Blackheath
 * Halesowen
 * Hayley Green
 * Halesowen


 * Service 4H, NXWM
 * Walsall
 * Caldmore
 * Stone Cross
 * West Bromwich
 * Oldbury
 * Blackheath
 * Halesowen


 * Service 4M, DIA
 * Walsall
 * Caldmore
 * Stone Cross
 * West Bromwich
 * Oldbury
 * Blackheath
 * Cradley Heath
 * Merry Hill


 * Service 4M, NXWM
 * Walsall
 * Caldmore
 * Stone Cross
 * West Bromwich
 * Oldbury
 * Blackheath
 * Cradley Heath
 * Merry Hill