Upcoming Diversions (11th - 21st July)

Location

Worcester
Cause

Closures and Diversions
Effective

10/07/2023 - 21/07/2023

TUESDAY 11 JULY – SERVICE 363
On the date above, the A4104 will be closed between the junction of Monsell Lane and junction of B4211 Tunnel Hill. This will mean service 363 will need to divert in both directions via Hanley Castle and will be unable to serve bus stops between Welland Post Box and Upton Medical Centre. Please note, bus stops in Welland at Pheasant Inn and Hanley Road Shelter will still be served and we are expecting delays on this service during this time.

School services 365 and 363 will be allowed through the closure on normal route.

WEDNESDAY 12 JULY – SERVICES 35/36
Due to the closure of Windermere Drive in Blackpole between Blackpole Roundabout and Sainsburys, services 35 and 36 will need to divert between 0930 and 1430.

SERVICE 35 – Will reach Blackpole Inn, encircle the roundabout and use Blackpole Road, Cotswold Way and rejoin normal route on Cranham Drive. Bus stops at Sainsbury’s, Regency High School, Haresfield Close and Chatcombe Drive will not be served during this closure.

SERVICE 36 – Will divert via Blackpole Road, Cotswold Way and Tetbury Drive to resume normal route on Sheepscombe Drive. Bus stops at Sainsbury’s and regency High School will not be served.

FRIDAY 14 JULY – SERVICE 363
On the date above, the A4104 will be closed between the junction of Minge Lane and Upton High Street. This will mean service 363 will need to divert in both directions via Hanley Castle and will be unable to serve bus stops at Upton Church and Upton High Street. We are expecting delays to this service on this day. We are advising all passengers from Upton to travel to Upton Medical Centre to catch this service. This closure is due to be between 0930 and 1500 – school transport will be allowed access if the works over run.

WEDNESDAY 19 JULY – SERVICE 38
On the date above, the last service 38 of the evening leaving Worcester City Centre at 1955 and Worcestershire Royal Hospital at 2015 will need to divert due to a closure on Newtown Road underneath the Rail Tunnels. It will divert in both directions via Tolladine Road and Sherriff Street and is unable to serve bus stops along Shrub Hill Road, including Shrub Hill Rail Station.

FRIDAY 21 JULY – SERVICE 363
Due to the Upton Blues festival, the final service 363 of the evening leaving Worcester City centre at 1800 will terminate at Upton Medical Centre and will be unable to serve Upton High Street and Ryall due to a road closure. All other service will operate normally on this day.

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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Upcoming Diversions (11th - 21st July)