126 Bus Service – Birmingham-Wolverhampton

Since the shortening of the 79 route, the 126 is now not just the quickest direct bus between Brum and Wolves, it’s the only direct bus between the two cities. That’s not saying much though as even on a quiet Sunday night the journey will take you an hour or more. In theory, the route doesn’t sound that painful. From town it runs up the Hagley Road, down the Wolverhampton Road and then joins the Birmingham New Road all the way up to Wolverhampton, diverting off only to stop at Dudley bus station.
It’s the sort of journey where once you’ve done it a few times, it doesn’t seem quite as painful. If you need to move between the two places though, the Metro takes half the time, whilst even a local train will only take 25 minutes.
Poor transport links between Brum and Dudley being what they are, it’s probably the best and most direct way to reach Dudley. The 120 diverts through Bearwood and Oldbury and is a horrible service anyway, whilst the 87 runs the traffic gauntlet that is the Dudley Road and then wanders around a few side-​streets in Smethwick too.