Present
Currently National Express West Midlands are the sole operator along the route. The route is usually operated almost completely by Dennis Trident 2low floor double decks, with a very occasional Optare Spectralow floor double decker working the service each day. It is not totally unknown for low floor single decks to appear on the route, most commonly Volvo B7RLE (Wright Eclipse Urban 2 bodied).
National Express operate the service between 4.55am and 12.17am on weekdays to a frequency of up to every 7 minutes. On Saturdays, the service commences from 5 minutes earlier and runs to the same frequency, whilst on Sunday the service runs between 9.18am and 11.52pm to a fifteen-minute frequency. A 20-minute evening service is operated along the corridor every day of the week.
As with the majority of services operated by National Express West Midlands, a two tier fare programme is in operation. A short-hop fare costs £1.50, with other journeys costing £1.70. Children aged between 5-15 travel for half fare.
Read more about this topic: West Midlands Bus Route 529
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