Pride bus back on all routes after threat

National Express West Midlands' rainbow bus is used on all public routes in Birmingham all year round

A rainbow-coloured Pride bus is running on all of its routes again, its operator has said.

The bus had previously been removed from one route in Birmingham following a threat to staff, as The Sun first reported earlier this week.

A spokesperson for operator National Express West Midlands said on Tuesday that it was “running on all routes” again after a risk assessment.

They added that the rainbow bus had been temporarily removed from the Number 60 route, which runs from Cranes Park to Birmingham city centre.

The Pride bus is used on all public routes in Birmingham all year round, and it has also been used at events in cities such as Wolverhampton and Coventry.

“If we receive specific threats to our people or our vehicles, we carry out a risk assessment and may change scheduling, which in this case we had done on one route,” the spokesperson said.

“Following the review of the risk assessment the bus is now running on all routes and this will be kept under review going forward.”

The spokesperson said they could not comment further on the nature of the threat.

National Express West Midlands has had a bus at Birmingham’s annual Pride parade since 2012 and the current vehicle, with a full rainbow design, was launched in 2019.

This bus has also been used on public routes in the city since 2019.