Walmley - Transport

Transport

Walmley was once served by a railway station, Penns (for Walmley) Station on the Sutton Park Line, which was closed in 1964 as part of the Beeching Axe despite the fact that it was a very well patronised. The station has since been demolished. There was also a very busy goods yard in Eachelhurst Road which is now a housing estate. The Sutton Park Line is no longer in passenger use and is for freight use only.

Walmley Village is served by several National Express West Midlands buses that run from Sutton Coldfield town centre. The circular routes 68A/68C passes through Walmley onto Minworth, as does the 71 bus which continues via Chelmsley Wood to Solihull, the 114 and 115 link Walmley to Birmingham City Centre. Central Connect operate the 168, 167 bus lines which pass through Walmley via Walmley Road to Erdington, and bus line 108X to Birmingham city centre. Johnsons of Henley (with vehicles branded County Links) operate the 757 bus line from Sutton Coldfield town centre via Coleshill to Birmingham Airport, which passes through Walmley village.

The Walmley Road was known as a major thoroughfare from Sutton Coldfield town centre to Birmingham. It has been recorded that it was one of the most heavily trafficked roads in the area leading to congestion. Despite this, plans to widen the road to accommodate more traffic have been strongly opposed by residents, who formed the Walmley Residents' Association, who claimed that it would destroy the village atmosphere and that it would be contrary to the spirit of the Civic Society Act. The residents were backed by the Sutton Coldfield Civic Society in 1967, which resulted in the plans being scrapped. Speed bumps have since been installed on the road in Walmley village to reduce the speed of vehicles, as part of the Walmley Local Action Plan.

The roads in Walmley were recorded in 1905 as being nothing more than dusty country tracks.