🎓 Buses to University of Birmingham
12 bus routes serve University of Birmingham. 4 run through the night.
Times are departures from the campus's own stops. Buses towards the campus run earlier and later at stops along the way — open a route for the timetable at your stop.
Every route serving University of Birmingham
- X21 The Square Peg → Bartley Green War Memorial Mon–Fri 05:24–00:32 Sun 06:21–00:32 National Express West Midlands
- 63 Moor Street Queensway → Arden Road Terminus 24 hours National Express West Midlands
- 61 Moor Street Queensway → Arden Road Terminus Mon–Fri 04:40–00:21 Sun 05:56–00:21 🌙 Sunday–Thursday nights National Express West Midlands
- X22 The Square Peg → Bartley Green War Memorial Mon–Fri 05:16–23:41 Sun 06:29–23:41 National Express West Midlands
- X20 The Square Peg → Bromsgrove Bus Station Mon–Fri 05:36–23:30 Sun 09:42–20:55 National Express West Midlands
- 41 Queen Elizabeth Hospital → Buckland End Shops Mon–Fri 06:40–20:17 no Sunday service National Express West Midlands
- 48 West Bromwich Bus Station → Driftwood Close Mon–Fri 05:13–23:46 Sun 08:28–23:46 National Express West Midlands
- 47 Carrs Lane → Longbridge Island Mon–Fri 05:14–23:58 Sun 06:46–23:58 National Express West Midlands
- 45 Carrs Lane → Longbridge Island Mon–Fri 04:45–00:18 Sun 06:16–00:18 🌙 Sunday–Friday nights National Express West Midlands
- 1S King Edwards High School → Solihull Station Interchange Mon–Fri 08:11–16:14 no Sunday service National Express West Midlands
- 76 Solihull Town Centre → Queen Elizabeth Hospital Mon–Fri 05:35–23:15 Sun 06:44–23:15 National Express West Midlands
- 11A Perry Barr → Erdington Mon–Fri 05:30–00:00 Sun 06:53–23:30 🌙 Sunday–Friday nights National Express West Midlands
Live times at the campus stops
Night buses to University of Birmingham
For getting back to halls. Nights are the night you set out on, so a 01:30 bus on Saturday morning is listed under Friday.
- 63 Moor Street Queensway → Arden Road Terminus Every night 24 hours runs tonight
- 61 Moor Street Queensway → Arden Road Terminus Sunday–Thursday nights 04:28–07:00 runs tonight
- 45 Carrs Lane → Longbridge Island Sunday–Friday nights 04:16–07:00 runs tonight
- 11A Perry Barr → Erdington Sunday–Friday nights 04:09–07:00 runs tonight
See night buses across the UK.
Direct buses to University of Birmingham from
Places on a route that reaches the campus without changing — worth checking before you sign a housing contract. The bus may take a long way round, so open the route for the time from your own stop.
Frequently asked questions
Which buses go to University of Birmingham?
12 routes serve the campus: the X21 (towards Bartley Green War Memorial), the 63 (towards Arden Road Terminus), the 61 (towards Arden Road Terminus), the X22 (towards Bartley Green War Memorial), the X20 (towards Bromsgrove Bus Station), the 41 (towards Buckland End Shops), the 48 (towards Driftwood Close), the 47 (towards Longbridge Island), the 45 (towards Longbridge Island), the 1S (towards Solihull Station Interchange), the 76 (towards Queen Elizabeth Hospital), the 11A (towards Erdington). Each route page has the full timetable and a live map.
Is there a campus or university bus at University of Birmingham?
No route here is branded as a university service, so campus travel is on the ordinary local network — 12 routes call at the campus stops, listed above with their first and last times.
What time is the first bus to University of Birmingham?
One route serves the campus 24 hours a day. Of the fixed-hours routes, the earliest weekday departure from the campus is 04:40 on the 61.
Can I get a bus back to campus at night?
4 of the 12 routes run in the small hours, and 1 runs 24 hours. Which nights each one runs is listed above — most night services are Friday and Saturday only.
Do buses run to University of Birmingham outside term time?
The timetables here are the operators' own published data, so they show what is running now, including any current holiday timetable. Dedicated university services are the ones most likely to stop or thin out in the vacation. Ordinary local routes generally run all year.
How much is the bus to University of Birmingham, and is there a student fare?
Single fares in England are capped at £3 until 31 December 2026, dropping to £2 from 1 January 2027. Most operators also sell a student term or year pass, which usually beats the cap if you travel in every day — check the operator pages linked against each route.
Other universities nearby
Timetables from the operators via the DfT Bus Open Data Service. Campus locations from OpenStreetMap. See all universities by bus , or every stop and route in Birmingham University.