Service Changes from 3rd September 2023

Location

Worcestershire network
Effective

03/09/2023 - 18/09/2023

From 3rd September 2023 there will be changes across the First Worcestershire network. Details of changes to each service are detailed below.

Minor timetable changes Monday-Saturday, with later journeys on weekdays. Saturday peak time frequencies have been increased.

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31/31A

Minor timetable changes to improve punctuality.

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Minor timetable changes. The Baynhall-St Peters section will now covered by service 332 (see below).

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332

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Minor timetable changes. A new 0539 journey from Worcester has been introduced to help shift workers at Shire Business Park.

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35 and 35A

Saturday peak time frequency has been increased. On weekdays buses will run later into the evening and the last journey on weekday evenings will extend to Shire Business Park as the 35A, departing Shire Business Park at 2204.

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Minor timetable changes to improve punctuality on weekdays.

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38 and X38

The terminus at the hospital will change from the A+E bus stop to the Children’s Unit. This is to improve punctuality, particularly during the evening peak. The afternoon X38 trips from the hospital to the city centre will not serve the Children’s Unit. They will pick up at the A+E stop and then immediately depart the hospital. This is to improve punctuality as buses have been delayed for up to 45 minutes by car park traffic during the evening.

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44 and X44

Minor timetable changes, with a new X44 journey operating in the morning from Worcester at 0535 operating direct to Link Top via Morrisons.

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Minor timetable changes to improve punctuality.

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X50

Minor timetable changes to improve punctuality.

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Minor timetable changes to improve punctuality.

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Minor timetable changes to improve punctuality.

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144

Minor timetable changes to improve punctuality. The 0710 from Catshill towards Worcester will continue to Worcester Sixth Form College as a 45 to provide a through connection. In the afternoon the 1625 50 service will continue as the 1655 144 towards Catshill.

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333

The 1540 from Upton will now operate at 1550 to match the later finish time at Chase High School.

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363

The service will no longer continue to Ripple Turn, with all journeys finishing Ryall.

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365

Journeys to Hanley Castle will all extend to Leigh Sinton.

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405, 417, 420, 482, 600, 672, 673, 674, 676

No changes.

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675

Changes to morning timetables, with buses running slightly earlier to accommodate the earlier start time at John Masefield School.

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School services

32S

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S1, S2, S3, S4, S5

S23

Route change – service now starts at Droitwich and no longer services Bromsgrove.

S24

New service introduced for Worcester Sixth Form College. Starting from Pinvin via Worcestershire Parkway, Norton and St Peters.

S43

Minor timetable change, no change to the route.

S44

Timetable change in the afternoon to match Chase High School’s amended finish time.

S45

The route has been extended to Beoley to replace S55 with timetable changes. The route will also no longer serve Rubery.

S51

Minor timetable changes to improve punctuality.

S55

Service withdrawn – replaced in part by S45 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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Service Changes from 3rd September 2023

From 3rd September 2023 there will be changes across the First Worcestershire network. Details of changes to each service are detailed below.