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TfWM - Powered by Swift

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TfWM- Powered by Swift 4+

West midlands combined authority.

• 1.4 • 127 Ratings

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Get everything you need to travel around the West Midlands with ease, when you download the TfWM app (Formerly Swift App). View departure times for bus, train and tram, find your nearest mode of transport, manage your Swift account, find and buy transport tickets on the go, plan a journey, and book car hire quickly and simply. Please note: If you have an older device you may experience some slower loading times. For Swift customers, account switching is not available yet within the app. Purchases made for any child linked accounts will not be valid in the app. For now, please continue to buy those products and manage your account online. If you would like to set up a child account, you can still do this online. Features: • Instantly find and buy transport tickets for your West Midlands travel • No need to visit a travel shop or go to a Swift Kiosk, top-up your Swift card on the go • Payment made simple, pay for tickets using Debit/Credit card • Collect your products on your Swift card using the Swift Collector • Use our handy locator map to find your nearest mode of West Midlands transport • Keep up to date with the latest departure times for bus, train and tram · Add all modes of transport as favourites (bus stop, tram stop, train station, cycle bay, car hire, car club) · Manage your favourites by renaming them or removing them from your favourite list · Quick access to departure information from your homepage • Explore our new transport services and book car club, hire a car or a bike • Easily plan a journey and find the best route to get you to your destination quickly • Know everything about your ticket including when you need to collect and when your ticket will expire • View your latest Swift card balance and never get caught out with negative funds We all lead busy lives and want life to be as simple as possible. So why shouldn’t travel be just as simple? The TfWM app makes this possible, combining all your West Midlands transport needs in one place, at the touch of a button. Whether it’s checking a train, bus or tram time, locating the nearest bus stop or train station, topping up your Swift card or planning a journey, this app can make West Midlands travel easy. There’s no need to sit in front of a laptop or go to a shop to manage your travel needs. You can buy transport tickets in advance or just before you travel. Jump on the bus and plan a journey whilst you’re travelling. You can check your next connecting transport service to see if there are any delays. Quickly find an alternative route for when there is a traffic jam or road incident. Beat the rush by knowing when your next bus is arriving. Your Swift account, your tickets, your departure times and your transport service locator all on your phone in one smart app. The TfWM – Powered by Swift app is the smart way to travel around the West Midlands. Use your app for Birmingham travel, Coventry, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Solihull. You can also use it to locate many transport services including, National Express bus, West Midlands Trains and West Midlands Metro. If you’re new to Swift, you can use the app to create an account. Find and buy the transport ticket you need for your journey, whether it be for Birmingham travel, Coventry travel, a Monthly ntrain or Monthly regional travelcard. You can then use your phone to collect your transport ticket on your Swift card and start travelling. It’s as simple as that. https://www.tfwm.org.uk/swift-and-tickets/ A card production time applies to new customers. New customers will need to wait 7 days to receive their Swift card before they can start travelling. NFC is required to use the Swift Collector feature within the app. You will need to have an Apple iPhone 7 or later with iOS 13.

Version 2.9.7

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127 Ratings

Don’t bother!!!

I’ve had to update to this app as the old one had as old version had been turned off. This app is absolutely crap and will be getting removed as every time I’ve tried to open it it’s taken forever to load. I’ve tried to sign in every time as it doesn’t remember my details despite I’ve pressed the save details box and not supported on iOS keychain so that doesn’t save it but says details not recognised. You can’t pinpoint your location straight away it just gives you a overview of the whole of the midlands with loads of little circles with numbers on them. You have to pinpoint the actual bus stop you want to view the times of, if you add the bus stop and the one across the road to your favourites it doesn’t say what direction it’s going, for example the 2 bus stops I’ve added one goes towards Solihull and the other goes towards Sheldon but nothing is physically said on the page so you need to check and then check again to make sure you’ve got the bus stop. Please go back to old version or get this app sorted out!!!

Awful user experience

This app just doesn’t work at all. So many poor reviews all citing the same bugs, I’m so surprised that a professional app with this many faults is allowed to be released to the public. Far from making life easier, it makes it ten times worse if not more. Even the website is out of sync in terms of information to go with this app, and it drives me absolutely insane. We’re told to use more public transport, yet this is just plain confusing. Maybe they can learn how to do things the right way from TFL.

This is awful. All I need to know is what time the next bus is. I could do that from the old app quickly and easily. No chance of that with this one! Why the need to change? Also, I have tried numerous times to register and just get blank screens part way through the registration process and can’t go any further. This app needs some serious attention before it can be considered to be even remotely useful. Take a look at TfL and the Cardiff Bus app to see how things should be done.

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Whether you’re new to travelling by bus, or a seasoned traveller making an unfamiliar journey, there are a number of resources available so you can plan your journey in advance and travel in confidence.

TfWM Journey Planner

The Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) website has a very handy journey planning tool that will allow you to plan your journey in advance and give exact details on the journey you will need to take. You can specify various other public transport methods apart from the bus, and you can be provided with step-by-step walking instructions for travelling between interchange stops

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The Traveline Midlands website offers a journey planning service that will even plan your journey beyond the West Midlands!

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Other mobile apps I have used that are very useful and I can personally recommend are ‘Citymapper’ and ‘Moovit’, search for them in the Apple or Google Play stores.

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Adult fares are applicable to all passengers aged 2+. Adults under the age of 16 are not permitted to travel alone on any European service unless accompanied by an adult aged 18 or over or they have a letter of authority from a parent or guardian.

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Children aged under the age of 2, must be accompanied by an adult aged 18 or over. Unaccompanied children will not be carried.

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Adult fares are applicable to all passengers aged 2+. Adults under the age of 16 are not permitted to travel alone on any European service unless accompanied by an adult aged 18 or over or they have a letter of authority from a parent or guardian.

Infants 0-1 Inclusive

Children aged under the age of 2, must be accompanied by an adult aged 18 or over. Unaccompanied children will not be carried.

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Vaisakhi Nagar Kirtan Procession 2024

Ends: 18 May 2024

Last updated: 16 May 2024

What’s happening?

Vaisakhi, the Harvest Festival celebrated by the Sikh community, is set to take place on Sunday 19th May 2024  in Birmingham and Sandwell. 

The procession is scheduled to start at Babe Ke Gurdwara in Hockley at 10:00 and end between 14:15 to 14:30 in front of Baba Sang Gurdwara.

Those participating in the walk will proceed via the following route:

• 10:00 , Start: Baba Ke Gurdwara, Hockley
• 10:20 , First stop: Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha Gurdwara, Soho Road
• 11:00 , Second stop: Shri Guru Ravi Dass Bhawan (Soho Road/Grove Lane junction)
• 11:40 , Third stop: Gurdwara Baba Deep Singh Ji Shaheed, Soho Road
• 13:15 , Fourth stop: Guru Nanak Gurdwara, High Street Smethwick
• 14:30 , Finish: Baba Sang Gurdwara, St Paul's Road, Smethwick

Road closures

Between 10:00am and 11:00am, rolling road closures will affect the following roads:

• A41 Soho Hill
• A41 Soho Road
• Hockley Circus Roundabout exit onto A41 Northbound
• Hampstead Road
• Park Avenue
• Soho Avenue
• Whitehall Road
• Thornhill Road
• Holliday Road
• Waverhill Road
• Stratford Road
• Nineveh Road

Due to the above closures, expect the following bus services to experience delays or be placed on diversion: 16, 16A and 74, 101, 11A & 11C.

Between 11:00am and 14:30pm , rolling road closures will affect the following roads:

• Car park bank of Scotland
• Linwood Road
• Boulton Road
• Murdock Road
• Babington Road
• Alfred Road
• Queens Head Road
• Rookery Road
• Booth Street (10:30 - 15:00)
• Oakland Road
• Sycamore Road
• Brewery Street
• Chapel Street
• Crocketts Road
• Cornwall Road
• Foundry Lane
• Rabone Park
• Steel Bright Road
• Soho Street
• Rolfe Street (10:30 - 15:00)
• Engine Street
• Bridge Street South
• Bridge Street North
• Rolfe Street at the intersection with New Street
• Hill Street
• Rabone Lane (10:30 - 15:00)
• A457 Tollhouse Way (10:30 - 15:00)
• A4030 High Street (10:30 - 15:00)
• B4169 High Street (13:00 - 18:00)
• St Paul's Road (13:00 - 18:00)
• Fenton Street
• Trinity Street
• Dibble Road
• Sabell Road
• St Albans Road
• Bowden Road
• Chatwin Street
• Bertram Road

Due to the above closures, the following bus services may also be delayed or put on a diverted route: 54/A, 80, 87 and 89.

Many of these roads are one-way only. Those which are one-way will be converted to running in both directions during the event with bespoke signage making this clear. The permanent one-way signage will be covered during the procession and the roads will be marshalled at both ends.

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There are alternative travel options available via our extensive bus and rail network. To plan your journey, visit   journeyplanner.tfwm.org.uk  

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You will still be able to get to where you need to go, but consider the following:

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