Some special services will be operating in Birmingham over the festive period

The end of the year is drawing near and thousands of people will head into Birmingham city centre to celebrate Christmas and the start of 2025.

If you are planning to use public transport during Christmas and to get around on New Year's Eve or New Year's Day, you definitely need to plan ahead, with public transport expected to be in high demand.

Here is the bus time table over the festive season:

Sunday 22 December: Normal Sunday service.
Monday 23 December: Special timetables will operate on some services which do not usually operate on Saturday’s.Please check your journey before your travel.
Tuesday 24 December: Saturday service, however last buses will be in operation earlier than usual at around 10pm. Special timetables will operate on some services which do not usually operate on Saturday’s.Please check your journey before your travel
Wednesday 25 December: No service.
Thursday 26 December: Revised Sunday service on most services there is an amended Sunday service starting approximately 7am. Some services will finish between 6pm and 8pm. Certain services will operate last scheduled buses as normal. A limited number of services which usually operate on a Sunday will not operate.
Friday 27 December: Special timetables will operate on some services which do not usually operate on Saturday’s.
Saturday 28 December: Normal Saturday service.
Sunday 29 December: Normal Sunday service.
Monday 30 December: Special timetables will operate on some services which do not usually operate on Saturday’s.
Wednesday January 1: Revised Sunday Service. Amended Sunday service starting approximately 7am.Some services will finish between 6pm and 8pm.