Diversions on S5, 51/54 & X50

Location

Pershore
Cause

Road Closure
Effective

14/04/2023 - 22/04/2023

SERVICE S5 – PERSHORE TOWN CENTRE TO BLESSED EDWARD OLDCORNE CATHOLIC COLLEGE

MORNING JOURNEY - Starting and picking up children outside Coffee #1 on High Street in Pershore, the route will serve bus stops at Head Street and then Allesborough Hill to resume normal route.

AFTERNOON JOURNEY – Service will run direct from Allesborough Hill via High Street and terminate at The Star Inn bus stop.

Please note that ALL bus stops in both directions along the length of Three Springs Road, Defford Road and Broad Street terminus will not be served during this closure. This includes stops at New Road, Abbots Grange, Cornmore, Birlingham Close, Abbotswood Health Centre and Broad Street.

SERVICES 51/54 – WORCESTER TO PERSHORE HIGH SCHOOL

SERVICE 51 -

MORNING JOURNEY – Service will run direct from Allesborough Hill to Pershore High School via Station Road.

AFTERNOON JOURNEY – Service will run direct from Pershore High School via Station Road to turn right onto B4084 at Allesborough Hill to resume normal route.

SERVICE 54 -

MORNING JOURNEY – Service will run direct from Birlingham via Three Springs Road, B4084 and Station Road to Pershore High School.

AFTERNOON JOURNEY – Service will run direct from Pershore High School via Station Road to turn right onto B4084, then left onto Three Springs Road to resume normal route.

Please note that ALL bus stops in both directions along the length of Three Springs Road, Defford Road, Broad Street and High Street will not be served by either service during this closure. This includes stops at New Road, Abbots Grange, Cornmore, Birlingham Close, Abbotswood Health Centre, Broad Street and Head Street.

SERVICE X50 – BETWEEN WORCESTER AND EVESHAM (also effects students catching this service in Pershore for Worcester Sixth Form College)

Journeys are operating direct through Pershore via B4084 and are unable to serve bus stops along the length of Three Springs Road, Defford Road and Broad Street.

We are stopping additionally at Head Street in both directions, and outside Coffee #1 on Pershore High Street towards Worcester only. Students for Worcester Sixth Form College (and also other passengers) will need to wait at either Head Street, Allesborough Hill or outside Coffee #1 for this service.

Worcester Carnival closures and diversions 6 July 2024

Worcester Carnival takes place on Saturday 06 July in Worcester City Centre with many roads closed including Worcester Bridge, The Butts, Sansome Street, City Walls Road, Deansway, College Street, Castle Street and Foregate Street. This means all services running in and out of Worcester City Centre will be starting/terminating in different locations between 1430 and 1700 on this date.

Crowngate Bus Station will be CLOSED between 1430 and 1700 – no services will arrive or depart from here between these times. We are advised that the road may re-open in places earlier than 1700 – if this does occur, we will return to normal route as soon as we can.

A full service breakdown below;

Service number	Information
30	Service will start/terminate in the layby on the West side of the river – passengers can alight/board services here. Last service expected from Crowngate will be at 1438 until the road re-opens around 1700.
31	Service will start/terminate in the layby on the West side of the river – passengers can alight/board services here. Last service expected from Crowngate will be at 1415 until the road re-opens around 1700.
44	Service will start/terminate in the layby on the West side of the river – passengers can alight/board services here. Last service expected from Crowngate will be at 1430 until the road re-opens around 1700.
310/311/313	Service will start/terminate in the layby on the West side of the river. 1340 311 service from Clifton-upon-Teme to Worcester will terminate at the river layby. 1425 313 service from Worcester to Clifton-upon-Teme will start from the river layby. 1508 310 service from Clifton-upon-Teme to Worcester will terminate at the river layby. 1600 310 service from Worcester to Clifton-upon-Teme will start from the river layby.
417	The 1500 Ledbury to Worcester service will terminate at the river layby. 1605 Worcester to Ledbury service will start from the layby. All other services remain unaffected.
27	This service will not operate at 1510 or 1610. All other departures are unaffected.
32	Service will start/terminate in Sidbury inbound and The Albion bus stop outbound. City Walls Road, St. Nicholas’ Street, Crowngate Bus Station and the Cathedral bus stops will not be served.
28/45	Service will start/terminate in Sidbury. City Walls Road, St. Nicholas’ Street, Crowngate Bus Station and the Cathedral bus stops will not be served.
X50	Services towards Evesham at 1510 and 1610 will start from Sidbury. Service towards Worcester arriving between 1430 and 1700 will use London Road, then Battenhall Road, Timberdine Avenue and Bath Road to terminate in Sidbury. City Walls Road, St. Nicholas’ Street, Crowngate Bus Station and the Cathedral bus stops will not be served.
34	Service will start/terminate in Lowesmoor. Crowngate Bus Station & Sansome Street will not be served during this closure. Last service expected from Crowngate will be at 1436 until the road re-opens around 1700.
35	Service will start/terminate in Lowesmoor. Crowngate Bus Station & Sansome Street will not be served during this closure. Last service expected from Crowngate will be at 1447 until the road re-opens around 1700.
38	Service will start/terminate in Lowesmoor. Crowngate Bus Station & Sansome Street will not be served during this closure. Last service expected from Crowngate will be at 1425 until the road re-opens around 1700.
36	The 1530 departure from Crowngate Bus Station to Royal Hospital will start from St. George’s Square bus stop on Barbourne Road. The 1455 arrival into Crowngate from the Royal Hospital will terminate on The Tything. Foregate Street and Little London will not be served on both mentioned journeys. SERVICE 144 – Departures from Crowngate will be as follows; 1440 to Catshill will depart from Crowngate normally. 1500 to Catshill will start from The Tything – will not serve Crowngate Bus Station and Foregate Street. 1520 to Catshill will start from St. George’s Square bus stop on Barbourne Road. Service will not be able to serve Crowngate, Foregate Street, The Tything or Little London. 1540 to Catshill will depart Crowngate normally.
144	arriving into Worcester at 1450, 1510 and 1530 will terminate on The Tything and will not be able to serve Foregate Street or Crowngate Bus Station.
675/676	unaffected by this closure and can operate normal route subject to any other diversions in place at the time.
Diamond 294/296	services will start/terminate at river layby on the West of the City.
Diamond 303	service will terminate on The Tything, and restart at Checketts Lane, Ombersley Road towards Kidderminster.

There will be extra staff on hand at Lowesmoor, river layby in St. John’s and in Crowngate to answer customer questions. These are approximate timings to close and re-open roads given to us by Worcestershire County Council in co-ordination with Worcester Carnival and are subject to change at very short notice. All on the day communications will be done via X through Customer Services when roads close/re-open.

At the time of writing we have no information on services operated by Astons Coaches [332], Diamond [149], LMS Travel [21/24/423/356] or Kev’s Coaches [355].

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Diversions on S5, 51/54 & X50