Birmingham and the West Midlands transport today
Trains, buses, cycles and airports first, then roads, driving charges and fuel, across the West Midlands. Updated 23:25 · refreshes every few minutes
Public transporttrains, trams, buses, cycles and airports
🚊 West Midlands Metro
We have no open live feed for the tram, so we point you to the operator's own service status rather than guess.
Metro service status ›🚆 National Rail 23:21
Trains leaving each station in the next hour, and how many are on time.
| Station | Next hour | On time | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham New Street Trains running between Oxford / Didcot Parkway and Reading will either be cancelled in full or revised to only operate for part of their normal route. Latest information can be found in the Disruptions area of the… | 23 | 91% · 1 cancelled | Some delays |
| Birmingham Moor Street | 7 | 86% | Some delays |
| Birmingham Snow Hill | 7 | 86% | Some delays |
| Birmingham International Trains running between Oxford / Didcot Parkway and Reading will either be cancelled in full or revised to only operate for part of their normal route. Latest information can be found in the Disruptions area of the… | 5 | 80% | Some delays |
| University | 6 | 100% | Good |
| Coventry Trains running between Oxford / Didcot Parkway and Reading will either be cancelled in full or revised to only operate for part of their normal route. Latest information can be found in the Disruptions area of the… | 6 | 67% | Disrupted |
| Wolverhampton The gentlemen's toilets on platform 1 are out of order at Wolverhampton station. | 6 | 100% | Good |
| Walsall | 3 | 67% · 1 cancelled | Disrupted |
| Solihull | 3 | 100% | Good |
Train companies that run here, reporting problems
National Rail reports each company for its whole network, so a problem listed here may be on a line elsewhere in the country.
- Avanti West CoastCustomDisruption between Motherwell and Glasgow Central
- CrossCountryCustomNo trains between Oxford and Reading
- Transport for WalesCustomNo direct service between Pontypridd and Cardiff Bay
Our reading of the next hour's departures: good when at least nine in ten are on time and none is cancelled; disrupted when fewer than three in four are on time or more than one is cancelled; some delays in between.
🚌 Bus disruptions 23:23
No bus disruption affecting stops in the West Midlands is published through the Department for Transport's disruptions service right now.
✈️ Birmingham Airport
Live arrivals open on each airport's own board, which is always more up to date than anything we could copy. How to get there is live from the readings above.
| Airport | Getting there now | |
|---|---|---|
| Birmingham (BHX) | Some delays Trains to Birmingham International, then the Air-Rail Link (80% on time) | Live arrivals › |
Drivingroads, charges and fuel
🛣️ Motorway and trunk road closures 23:23
National Highways closures within 16 miles of Birmingham New Street, happening now or starting in the next 12 hours.
| Road | What | Until |
|---|---|---|
| M5 | Carriageway closures M5 northbound Jct 1 to M6 southbound Jct 8 link road closure | Thu 24 Sep |
| M5 | Other Lane 1 closure northbound | Thu 24 Sep |
| M6 | Other Hard shoulder and lane 1 closure southbound | Thu 24 Sep |
| M42 | Other M6 - M42 link road lane closure southbound | Mon 5 Oct |
| M42 | Other M42 lanes 2 and 3 closure southbound | Thu 24 Sep |
| M42 | Carriageway closures M42 northbound Jct 5 entry slip road closure | Thu 24 Sep |
| M42 | Other Lanes closures southbound | Thu 24 Sep |
| M42 | Other Hardshoulder closure northbound | Mon 4 Jan |
and 11 more.
💷 Driving charges
What it costs to drive a car in and around West Midlands today. "Charging now" is worked out at 23:26, when this page was sent.
Birmingham Clean Air Zone
Inside the A4540 Middleway ring road, 24 hours a day, every day. Only cars that miss the standard pay: broadly, petrol older than Euro 4 and diesel older than Euro 6.
Checked: Birmingham City Council via RAC, 23 Sep 2026.
⛽ Fuel prices 23:23
331 forecourts within 16 miles of Birmingham New Street, from the government's Fuel Finder scheme; forecourts must report a price change within 30 minutes.
| Unleaded (E10) | Diesel | |
|---|---|---|
| Average here | 173.7p | 198.2p |
| UK average | 173.3p | 197.7p |
| Cheapest here | 161.7p | 181.7p |
Cheapest unleaded: Gulf B8 161.7p · Jet B66 161.9p · Costco Wholesale CV4 163.9p · Costco Wholesale B7 164.9p · Blakenhall Service Station WV2 166.6p. Averages are plain means of forecourt prices, not weighted by sales. Prices as of 22:25. Your street's cheapest: enter a postcode ›
Your own street
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Enter a postcode ›National Rail departures from the Rail Data Marketplace; live board data © National Rail. Bus disruptions from the Department for Transport's Bus Open Data Service (OGL v3.0), as published by the local transport authority. National Highways closures and Fuel Finder prices under the Open Government Licence v3.0. StreetOwl is independent and is not endorsed by Transport for West Midlands.
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