Passengers win fight for bus service

Passengers have won a battle to get back a bus service which was rerouted away from their homes. Elderly and disabled bus passengers had been forced to take taxis.

The bus route through Willenhall and Walsall was diverted and nearly 400 people signed a petition and launched a six-month campaign after being left "abandoned".

The 333 bus service redirected, missing out some Bentley residential streets.

But transport chiefs are now set to return the route back to its original format, to the delight of passengers.

The now National Express West Midlands, runs through Darlaston and Pleck and was altered last November to incorporate Tesco in Owen Road. But the changes meant a number of residential streets in Bentley including Queen Elizabeth Avenue, Bentley Road North and Bentley Road South were no longer included.

Many elderly and disabled people who are unable to walk to the new pick up and drop offs in Attlee Road said they had been forced to book taxis to make hospital visits or go shopping since.

However, travel bosses have been re-assessing the route and informed passengers they are aiming to register a change back to the old timetable in June.