904 Bus Route – Birmingham-Falcon Lodge

Probably the most regular and direct bus service from the city centre out to Sutton Coldfield is the 904 which heads down the Expressway, through Erdington and then down the Birmingham Road into Sutton. From there it winds its way up past Good Hope Hospital before terminating in the middle of the Falcon Lodge estate.
One great thing that the bus operator did was to get the 904 and other like-​minded services to run over the Aston Expressway after 7pm. In the past, after this time (and all day on Sundays) the 904 would become the 104 and for some reason avoid the Expressway, running instead down Lichfield Road, thus adding around 10 minutes to the journey. The odd service I could understand, but all day on Sunday?
Anyway, that’s been cleared up now and this is the bus to get to get to Sutton. Early morning it’s full of commuters, during the day it’s full of an improbable number of teenagers heading for Sutton College, by evening its full of commuters again whilst the night-​time services mop up shift workers and drunks. Happy days.