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Bus
Service Changes
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The following is a chronology of
bus service changes in the Redditch area
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| 31st
August 2008
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Service 50
will now be operated by Diamond Bus and will be diverted via
Salters Lane, between Hewell Road and Lowfield Lane. Diamond have
also introduced a service on the route 51 in competition with
First. The Sunday 55 and 56 service is withdrawn and replaced by a
new 55B and 56B operated by Diamond route is the same as the
evening facility provided by a Touch of Class but will run up and
down Bromsgrove Road. Diamond will also introduce a daytime Monday
to Saturday service running via the same route as the evening 55A
and 56A operated by a Touch of Class on a 15 minute frequency.
Journeys on the 55A and 56A will operate at school times via
Kingsley College and be numbered 55S and 56S. Harding’s will
introduce a new service 60 from the Town Centre to Matchbourgh
West. This will run via Arthur Jobson House at Abbeydale to cover
some of the current service 63. Service 61 will now be operated by
Diamond and will be diverted via Sainsbury’s Store and Forge
Mill Road to partly replace some of service 63. The current
service 63 will now only run between the Bus Station and Plymouth
Road. Diamond will take over the operation of the service 64.
There will be minor timetable changes and the route will no longer
serve Sainsbury’s. A Sunday service of 4 round trips is
introduced by Diamond and First will retime the Mondays to Fridays
0735 journey to 0730. Diamond will also be introducing school
services 75S and 56X. The evening and Sunday service 343 is
withdrawn and replaced by 143 journeys operated by Diamond. The
current weekday evening journeys on 146 are withdrawn and replaced
by an 1830 from Redditch and 1925 from Birmingham operated by
Diamond. The service 175 will be operated by Diamond and will no
longer serve Redditch. The service 178 and 179 will be operated by
Diamond. The current 982/983 services are withdrawn and replace by
new 182 and 183 journeys operated by a Touch of Class. The Mondays
to Saturdays service 247 is retimed at school times and certain
journeys extended to/from Pershore College of Horticulture. The
Sunday journeys are renumbered 247. The 333 journeys will be
operated by Diamond. |
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| 2nd
August 2008
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The Central
Connect journeys on service 350 were transferred to Diamond Bus
without change |
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| 8th
June 2008
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The
daytime Monday to Saturday service 51 was increased to every 10
minutes and every 20 minutes on Sundays. On services 55 and 56
these are taken out of Plymouth Road and diverted via Mount
Pleasant and diverted to run via the Alexandra Hospital. The First
operated journeys on Services 57 and 58 will no longer serve the
Alexandra Hospital and the frequency on Sundays is increase to
every 20 minutes. Diamond Bus will divert a bus every 40 minutes
on Mondays to Saturdays and hourly on Sundays via Alexandra
Hospital on their services 57 and 58 (numbered 57A and 58A). Service 68 will now only run
in the peaks. In the off peak it is replaced by a new service 69
running half hourly via Batchley and Ashtree Road. Instead of
Bromsgrove to and from Webheath. Most service 143 journeys are
diverted via Charford in Bromsgrove when running between Redditch
and Bromsgrove. As a result of the changes to services 68 and 143
the X3 will observe all stops between the Foxlydiate Inn and
Redditch Bus Station along Bromsgrove Road and will run into
Bromgrove via New Road in Bromsgrove to cover for the loss of the
143. |
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| 10th
December 2007
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In response
to the introduction of a revised service 26 from Stratford to
Redditch from 1st October 2007 First are introducing 26A journeys
between Redditch and Studley that are timed just ahead of the
Stagecoach journeys |
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| 29th
October 2007
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To improve
punctuality, the 0803 journey on service 143 from Redditch to Bromsgrove
that is operated
by First will depart 3 minutes earlier at 0800 on Monday to
Fridays. |
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| 1st
October 2007
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Stagecoach
have withdrawn their service 25 Stratford to Redditch service and
replaced it with a new service 26 which has been revised and now
provides an hourly service between Stratford and Redditch. Little
Alne, Wilmcote and Aston Cantlow are no longer served but Haselor
is now included on the route. |
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| 2nd
September 2007
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Service X33
is renumbered X3 and extended from Kidderminster to Areley Kings
via Stourport. First will take over the operation of the 0615
journey from Marlbrook to Redditch at 0615 from Harding’s. The
times of the Sunday only service 334 are revised with the Redditch
town centre to Alexandra Hospital section is withdrawn as are a
number of early morning journeys. The frequency of service 51 is
reduced back every 15 minutes from every 10 minutes. The first
journey on Service 175 from Redditch will run up to 4 minutes
earlier and additionally serve Wythall Church. The S57/S58
is revised with some journeys replaced by a revised 143 journey |
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| 23
July 2007
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Service 154
is re-routed between Fekenham and Ham Green to serve Crofts Lane.
The 158 is also re-routed to cover the current 154 routing. |
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| 11
June 2007
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The evening
service 51 operated by a Touch of Class is withdrawn and replaced
in part by a revised service 55A and 56A which will be revised to
run every 40 minutes and be diverted to additionally serve
Batchley and Birchfield Road in Webheath, Touch of Class will also
introduced an evening service on the routes 57 and 58 on a half
hourly basis. |
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| 25
February 2007
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Service 60
is withdrawn and replaced in part by a revised service 350. The
first departure from Redditch will be 0705, Mondays to Fridays. On
service 67 the first departure from Studley will be 0728 on
Mondays to Fridays as earlier departures are withdrawn. On Service
68 The first departure from Redditch will be 0700 (Mondays to
Fridays) and 0830 (Saturdays). The last departure will be 1800
(Monday to Saturdays). Earlier and later departures are withdrawn.
On services 143/343 the following journeys between Bromsgrove and
Redditch are withdrawn : 0649 (Sat), 0820 (Sat), 1952 (Sun), 2052
(Mon-Sat), 2152 (Sun), 2232 (Mon-Sat) and 2352 (M-Sat). The
following journeys between Redditch and Bromsgrove are withdrawn :
0723 (M-F), 0756 (Mon-Fri), 0801 (Sat), 1945 (Mon-Sat), 2145
(Mon-Sat), 2045 (Sun) and 2300 (Mon-Sat) The 0827 journey from
Bromsgrove will not longer continue to St. Augustine's R.C. High
School. On service 146 Journeys after 1830 on Mondays to Fridays
are withdrawn. The Saturday timetable is unchanged. The 2020 and
2220 journeys from Redditch to Birmingham and the 2102 and 2302
journeys from Birmingham to Redditch are withdrawn on Sundays. On
Service 178 The 0630 departure from Redditch (Mondays to Fridays)
is withdrawn and the 179 journey from Kings Heath to Redditch is
also withdrawn. The service 246 at 2003 from Redditch to Evesham
on Fridays and Saturdays is withdrawn. On service 333 the 0614
departure from Kidderminster (Mondays to Fridays) and the 1855
departure from Kidderminster (Mondays to Saturdays) are both
withdrawn. On service 334 the last departure from Kidderminster on
the Sunday service will now be 1900. The last departure from
Redditch on the Sunday service will now be 1800. Later journeys
are withdrawn. On service 343 all Mondays to Saturdays evening
journeys are withdrawn and the Sunday journeys at 1952 from
Bromsgrove, 2045 from Redditch and 2139 from Catshill are
withdrawn. On Service 350 the journeys currently operated by
Hardings are taken over by Central Connect with a slightly revised
timetable. One journey in either direction will operate via
Matchborough West to partially replace Service 60 which is
withdrawn. The 1710 journey from Worcester - Redditch will only
run on schooldays and will terminate at New End |
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| 21 January 2007
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Due to
ongoing anti-social behaviour problems the evening services 57 and
58 which were operated by Diamond after 2000 are withdrawn. |
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| 8 January 2007
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The
following changes to the First service 247 were made following
public pressure resulting from the changes introduced on 2 January
2007 on Schooldays Only. The 0755 Evesham to Redditch journey will
now depart at 0745 and run 10 minutes earlier between Evesham and
Badsey Pike. This journey will additionally serve Badsey Village
School at 0800. new journeys are introduced at 1525 from
Blackminster Middle School to Evesham Bus Station and at 1600
Evesham to Redditch The 1705 Monday Friday journey from Evesham to
Redditch is retimed to 1645. |
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| 2
January 2007
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On service
67 the timetable is adjusted slightly in the early mornings and
late afternoons. On service 68 the 0820 journey on Mondays to
Fridays is retimed to 0800. One service 70 the 0902 from Redditch
will now start at Astwood Bank at 0916. On service 146 frequency
during the shopping period is increased to half hourly. On service
247 most journeys from Redditch will operate 5 minutes latter. The
1240 and 1440 journeys from Redditch to Evesham will terminate at
Alcester on Mondays to Fridays. The 1730 from Redditch is retimed
to 1740 on Mondays to Fridays and 1800 on Saturdays and the 1830
journey is totally withdrawn. Journeys from Evesham are also
retimed. |
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| 3
September 2006
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Service
51 Town Centre to Batchley the daytime frequency is increased to
every 10 minutes. Service 55 and 56 are diverted via Plymouth
Road. Service 143 the much of the timetable is retimed
by 30 minutes - some of the early morning and evening journeys
will be operated by Johnson's under contract to the Council.
Service X33 is retimed the section between Redditch town centre
and the hospital is withdrawn Early morning/late evening journeys
are covered by the new subsidised Johnson's 333 service between
Kidderminster and Redditch. On Sundays First will operate a new
334 service to cover the current Sunday X33 facility. Service 350
is rerouted in Worcester to serve County Hall and the Sixth Form
College. |
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| 24
August 2006
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The
Birmingham Coach Company Ltd has been renamed Go West Midlands Ltd
it will now trade as Diamond instead of Diamond Bus. |
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| 21
August 2006
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The
evening facility
on routes 57/8 and operated by Diamond Bus was reinstated with immediate
effect. |
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| 1
August 2006
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The evening facility
on routes 57/8, introduced
from 12 June 2006 and operated by Diamond Bus was immediately withdrawn
on 1st August following
a very serious assault on the driver. The last journeys on the
57/8 service are now the First operated journey at 2000. |
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| 12
June 2006
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Diamond
Bus have revised their service 57 and 58 timetable to re-introduce
an hourly evening service. One Service 143 all journeys that
served Lickey End will terminated at Marlbrook. The 0615
service 143 journey from Lickey End to the Alexandra Hospital is taken
over by Harding's Coaches and will start from Marlbrook and run
via Bircfield Road in Redditch. The 0827
from Bromsgrove journey will continue to St Augustine School. The
0710 from Evesham to Redditch on service 247 will now start at
Alcester at 0758 (the first and last journeys are now subsidised) |
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| 22 March
2006
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The
operation of all services that were operated by People's Express
were transferred without change to Diamond Bus (In Redditch this
meant journeys on the following routes were transferred - 57, 58,
146, 247 and 343) |
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| 27
February 2006
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The
re-routing of services 55 and 56 via Plymouth Road only lasted one
day because of parked cars at the junction Plymouth Road and
Evesham Road which meant buses were have problems maneuvering at
the junction. The same problem happen last summer when the routes
were diverted Plymouth Road due to road works on Mount Pleasant.
During Monday 27th the services reverted back to running along
Mount Pleasant and the new bus stops on Plymouth Road were bagged
out of use. |
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| 26
February 2006 |
A number of
journeys on services 25 and 26 (Redditch and Stratford) were very
slightly retimed. Services 55 and 56 were diverted via Plymouth
Road instead of Mount Pleasant. Service 61A is renumbered 61 and
frequency in the daytime is reduced to hourly. A Saturday and
Monday to Friday afternoon service is reintroduced on an hourly
basis on service 64 Service 67 is reduced to hourly and the
timetable of service 68 was slightly revised. The off peak service
178 journey were diverted in Wythall to serve a new bus stop by
Wythall Cemetery. Service 246 is withdrawn and all journeys will
run as 247 - the diversion round via North Littleton was withdrawn
The Redditch to Worcester Flexi Link service 953 was withdrawn. |
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| 24 October 2005 |
A number of
early morning Monday to Saturday journeys on the People's Express
service 57 and 58 facility were reinstated from this date |
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| 4 September 2005 |
An
additional journey from Redditch is introduced on Service 26 to
Stratford on Avon at 1720 by Stagecoach. New evening Taxibus
services are introduced on routes 51, 55 and 56 by A touch of
Class. The service 51 runs every 20 minutes with the service 55/56
running more or less every 40 minutes. The service 55 and 56
journeys also serve the Alexandra Hospital. The 0820 from
Redditch and 0846 from Studley journeys on service 67 are
withdrawn. The timetable on service 68 is revised but frequencies
remain unchanged. The 0835 journey from Redditch to Astwood Bank
on service 70 is withdrawn and the times of many other journeys
are slightly revised though frequencies are unchanged. The times
of the Dudley’s service 83 are revised to meet school
requirements. Many of the service 143 journeys between Bromsgrove
and Catshill are withdrawn. School Service 881 to King Edwards VI
Five Ways School will now start from Redditch instead of Hockley
Heath |
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| 1
August 2005
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The
People's Express service on route 51 in Redditch (Town Centre
& Batchley) is withdrawn. There is no change to the First
service on the route. |
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| 13
June 2005
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The 0606 service 67 from Redditch on Mondays to
Fridays was retimed to 0601 and the return journey from Littlewood Green at
0625 was retimed to 0620. Service 143 was revised to just run between Redditch
and Catshill in Bromsgrove with the Catshill to Birmingham section being
withdrawn. (A number of peak hour journeys are still extended to/from School
Lane in Lickey End). Service 143 will now run hourly between Redditch and
Catshill with an additional short journeys between Bromsgrove and Catshill on
the opposite half hour. From the same date the route is now inter-worked with
the service 93 (Bromsgrove to Charford). To fill a gap in the new Service 143
timetable Hardings Coaches are operating a journey at 0756 from Redditch to
Bromsgrove and 0827 from Bromsgrove to Redditch on Mondays to Fridays only. |
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29
May 2005
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The 246 journeys Redditch to Evesham via
Greenlands will no longer serve Lakeside (Arthur Street area) and will run
directly along Studley Road
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| 28
March 2005
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Probus Management Ltd changed it's trading name
from Pete's Travel to Peoples Express. The Peoples Express trading name was
used originally by a bus company called Salelink Ltd which was taken over by
Pete's Travel in 1998 |
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| 28
February 2005
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The evening service on routes 57 and 58 in
Redditch was suspended by Pete's Travel |
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| 27
February 2005
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The Service X33 (Kidderminster to Redditch)
service is diverted via Harvington, Bluntington and Chaddesley Corbett
Village. This results in both the service X33 and the 303 (which is
inter-worked with the X33) being retimed. |
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| 25
February 2005
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The period of operation of the Pete's Travel
service 51 is slightly adjusted. |
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| 4
January 2005
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The service 350 journeys at 0735 from New End and
0750 from Inkberrow to Worcester that are operated by Dudley's Coaches are
retimed to run 5 minutes later due to traffic congestion in Worcester city
centre. |
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| 19
December 2004
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The 84N weekend night service from Birmingham to
Redditch operated by Pete's Travel was withdrawn without replacement |
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| 27
November 2004
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Pete's Travel will introduce Sunday journeys on
Service 58 between 0925 and 1655 on a half hourly frequency to match their
Sunday service 57 introduced on 16th August 2004. |
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| 15
November 2004
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Evening journeys on services 57 and 58 after 2000
were withdrawn by Pete's following an attack on a vehicle which resulted in a
passenger being injured. |
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| 1
November 2004
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Service 186 (Redditch & Solihull) was
withdrawn. A number of new services were introduced by A & M. These are
service 517 Redditch & Wootton Warwen, 518 Redditch & Sambourne Lane
and 519 Redditch & Solihull via Earleswood (the latter replaces the
withdrawn 186) |
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| 4
September 2004 |
There were minor timetable to the services 67, 143
(peaks) and S77 (Hunt End and Ridgeway Middle School). Two afternoon journeys
on service 175/8 are adjusted slightly to meet a change in school times at
Woodrush High School in Wythall |
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| 23
August 2004 |
Pete's Travel introduced a Monday to Saturday
service in competition with First between Redditch town centre and Batchley on
service 51. Their service matches the First frequency running 5 minutes ahead
of all of their journeys. |
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| 16
August 2004 |
With introduction of a service 51 by Pete's (on
23rd August) the allocation of stands in Redditch bus station are adjusted
slightly - Pete's journeys on service 57 and 58 will also run from the bus
station from this date. The frequency of the Pete's service on the 57 and 58
is increased to every 10 minutes and the Saturday evening service is
withdrawn. A half hourly Sunday service is introduced on service 57 between
0855 and 1640. |
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| 24 July
2004 |
The 1657 journey on service 350 from Redditch to
Inkberrow and the service 950 Inkberrow to Longbridge were withdrawn. Both
services were operated by Dudley's Coaches |
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| 30 May
2004 |
Worcestershire County Council contracts for
the Hospital link services have been renewed and First Midland Red have
retained the contracts for services X33, 300 and 303. The timetables have
however been revised to improve reliability. Service X33 Redditch and
Kidderminster Hospital is diverted via the Bromsgrove Community Hospital and
the Sunday service has been reduced to two hourly. First Midland Red had given
notice that they were withdrawing the remainder of service 64 (Redditch Town
Centre and Woodrow). Following negotiation this service has now been retained by First.
The following Monday to Saturday service 146
journeys at 1830 Redditch - Birmingham and 1917 Birmingham - Redditch were
taken over by Pete's Travel under contract to Worcestershire County
Council |
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| 18
April 2004 |
Services 51/55/56 frequency of
Sunday service halved and evening journeys after 1850 are withdrawn. There are
also revisions to the early journeys on Monday to Saturday following
withdrawal of County Subsidy. Service 57/8 - Sunday service will start at 0900
instead of 0745 and Sunday evening journeys are withdrawn. Service 60 all
First journeys are withdrawn. This means there will be no Saturday service.
Service 61A - There are adjustments to early morning journeys on Monday to
Saturday and all Sunday journeys are withdrawn. Service 64 - Monday to Friday
journeys after 1315 are withdrawn together with the whole of the Saturday
service. Services 67, 68 and 70 - There are adjustments to early morning
journeys and all Sunday service 70 journeys are withdrawn. Service 69 - is totally withdrawn. Service 143 route of
service is adjusted in Catshill in Bromsgrove to cover for the withdrawn
service 94 and adjustments to the time of early morning journeys. The services
82 and 83 are replaced by a new flexiLINK service 982 operated by First.
Following re-tendering by the County Council Pete's Travel took over the
operation of the evening and
Sunday services on 146, 247 and 343 all on a two hourly frequency. From this
date First Midland Red no longer operate any evening services after
2000. |
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| 11
April 2004 |
The two remaining
journeys that operate to/from Redditch on Ludlow's service 007 are curtailed
to operate between Merry Hill Centre and Bromsgrove. Pete's Travel will
introduce a weekend night service 84N in the early hours of Saturday and
Sunday mornings at 0030 and 0200 from Birmingham City Centre. Service will
operate via the service 84 route (Birmingham City Centre to Hawkesley) and
then onto Redditch Town Centre (Church Green) via the Alvechurch Bypass. |
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| 21
March 2004 |
Pete's Travel has
extended all evening and Sunday journeys on service 84 (Birmingham City Centre
to Hawkesley) to and from Redditch Town Centre (Church Green) via the
Alvechurch Bypass. |
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| 9
February 2004 |
Services 50 and 63 were
taken over from First Midland Red by Harding's Coaches. Period of operation is
slightly shortened. Services 82 and 83 there were slight timing and route
changes. There were also changes to the timetable of service 143 which in turn
were linked to the withdrawal of service 142 and changes to service 144. |
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| 2
November 2003 |
Terminal point for the
Harding's and Dudley's service 350 (Redditch & Worcester) moved in
Redditch town Centre from stand L in Unicorn Hill to Stand K in the Bus Station. |
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| 27
October 2003 |
Services 82/3 were reduced
to two round trips a day due to poor usage. First Midland Red continued to
operate these journeys following renewal of Worcestershire County Council
contract. |
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| 15
September 2003 |
Service 51 was
divided at Redditch Bus Station into two separate portions. The 51 continued to serve Batchley on a 15 minute frequency. The remainder of the 51
route was covered by the introduction of a 55/56 circular service each on
a half-hourly frequency (routes are as old 55/56 except services will
use Littlewoods in Crabbs Cross and Windmill Drive instead of Yvonne Road like
current 51 service) Off peak journeys will serve the Tesco Store. Service 59
is withdrawn and replaced in part by an enhanced service 57 and 58 (at
frequent intervals) with most journeys running via the hospital. Service 78 is
withdrawn. The peak hour frequency on services 68 and 70 are reduced to every
30 minutes. The frequency of the 146 is reduced from every 20 to every 60
minutes. The are minor adjustments to the times of the 50, 67 and some
Redditch school services. Other routes are unchanged. The period of operation
of many town routes is extended until 2000 in the evening to partly cover for
the loss of the Pete's Travel services. There are currently no changes to the
Sunday services. |
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| 4
September 2003 |
All evening bus
services in Redditch operated by Pete's Travel were withdrawn except services
57 and 58) without
replacement (services 51, 61A, 70 and 343). The operation of the
daytime service 177 in Wythall is transferred from Pete's Travel to Midland
Rider. The vast majority of the service X33 is withdrawn by Pete's Travel -
First Midland will be taking over the withdrawn journeys under contract to
Worcestershire County Council. Also from this date Pete's Travel reintroduced
a daytime service on the routes 57 and 58 in Redditch on a commercial basis on
basically a 15-minute headway. |
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| 1
September 2003 |
The
terminus in Redditch First Midland Red and Dudley's Coaches journeys on
services 82 and 83 will move from Stand L in Unicorn Hill to Stand K in the Bus Station. |
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| 29 June 2003 |
Travel
West Midlands withdrew their services 145, 175 and 179. Service 145
Bromsgrove & Birmingham was taken over by Zak's Coaches. The
timetable was
reduced and service now only operates between Cotteridge (Birmingham) and Bromsgrove.
Service 175 Redditch/Wythall & Solihull - Service was taken over by Hardings
Coaches with some minor timetable adjustments. The Service 179 - 0630 Kings
Heath - Redditch was also taken over by Hardings the 1825 journey from Redditch is
not retained. All journeys are under contract to Worcestershire County Council. |
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| 25 May
2003 |
Pete’s Travel
withdrew all their remaining daytime journeys on services 57 and 58. Bus
services 178 and 179 were taken over by Johnson’s of Henley in Arden from
Pete’s Travel and First Midland Red. First Midland Red also took over
the daytime operation of service 61A (Redditch Bus Station and Matchborough
East) on an improved half-hourly frequency. The times of service 69 are adjusted to allow
for the operation of the 61A by First Midland Red. The Town Centre to Sainsbury’s
section of service 64 was withdrawn on Saturdays after 1320 and the school
service 147 (Redditch
– Alcester) was withdrawn |
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| 5 May 2003 |
The frequency of the
service provided in the
daytime on services 57 and 58 by Pete’s Travel was further reduced |
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| 28
April 2003 |
There were major First Midland Red
changes to Redditch local services from this date – Frequency reduced on
routes 51, 57, 58, 59, 68A (renumbered 68), 70. 146 (Birmingham – Redditch
– Studley) curtailed at Redditch. Service 67 (Redditch – Hospital) now omits
Woodrow South and was extended to Studley on a half-hourly basis via the route
of the 146. The service 246 (Redditch – Evesham) was diverted via 67 route between Redditch and
Hospital and most off-peak journeys became 247's running via Crabbs Cross.
Whittle Bus also took over most of the Monday to Friday service on 60 (Oakenshaw
– Redditch – Matchborough West), which has been curtailed to run between
Redditch and Matchborough West only. First Midland Red retained the operation
of the Saturday service as it was already under contract to the County
Council. |
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| 14
April 2003 |
The timetable of Ludlow’s
service 007 was revised to basically run between Bromsgrove and Merry Hill with
only one journey in each direction running to Redditch - 0955 from Redditch
and 1635 from Merry Hill |
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| 31 March 2003 |
The frequency of
service provided in the
daytime on services 57 and 58 by Pete’s Travel was reduced. A new flexiLINK
service 953 is introduced between Inkberrow and Redditch and is operated by
Redditch Community Transport on behalf of the County Council;. This new service is
designed to link in with the existing service 350 |
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| 24
March 2003 |
Minor timetable changes
to service 64. The 0750 service 83 Redditch to Bromsgrove will now only run on
schooldays. |
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| 12
February 2003 |
Pete’s Travel stopped
using Redditch Bus Station and started using Church Green, Windsor Road and
Evesham Street (services affected are 51 (evenings only), 57, 58, 61A, 70
(evenings only), 178, 343 (evenings only) and X33) |
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| 6
January 2003 |
First Midland Red
withdrew services 51, 57, 58, 59, 61A, 70, 146 (Redditch and Studley section),
343 (Redditch and Studley section) after about 1830 on Mondays to Saturdays.
This is due to increasing levels of vandalism and violence in the Redditch
area – Pete’s Travel took the services over on much reduced frequencies
under contract to the County Council. First Midland Red school services A1 and
A2 become contract services and the S83,S84 and S86 are withdrawn without
replacement. On service 70 the afternoon journeys will no longer serve
Ridgeway Middle School and on the service 146 Journeys will no longer serve
Studley High School. The timetable of service 246 is also slightly revised |
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| 25
November 2002 |
To save one vehicle
Pete's Travel withdrew a number of 61A and 178/9 journeys. First Midland Red
picked the 178/9 journeys up under contract to Worcestershire County Council |
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| 22
September 2002 |
The
new Redditch Bus
Station opened from this date. The First Midland Red Redditch town service
network was completely revised, with cross-town service 51 running from
Batchley to Oakenshaw via Redditch, Headless Cross, Mason Road, Littlewoods,
Crabbs Cross and Oakenshaw South every 10 minutes in the daytime. This
replaces services 51,52,53,54,55 and 56. Services 57 and 58 continue, running
every 10 minutes daytime but supplemented over the New Town section by new
service 59 from Redditch to the Alexandra Hospital via Matchborough. Service
60 runs from Matchborough West via Safeway, Church Hill South, Redditch and
Headless Cross to Oakenshaw Tesco every 30 minutes off-peak. Evening and
Sunday services 61/62 run as day-time Pete's service 61A. Service 63 is
curtailed at Abbeydale, Church Hill South being covered by the revised service
60. Service 64 is diverted via Lodge Park then loop round Greenlands and
Woodrow North and is increased to every 30 minutes off-peak. 65/66 is replaced
by 64 and new service 67 which runs from Redditch via Lakeside, the current 71
route and Woodrow South to Alexandra Hospital every 30 minutes. Services
68/68A all run by the 68A route every 20 minutes together with service 70
which is also increased to every 20 minutes. Service 146 runs every 20 minutes
from Birmingham to Studley via Redditch and Studley Road, replacing 71. The
Redditch - Evesham section becomes 246, also running via Studley Road. 146 has
2 buses per hour on Redditch - Studley, with 246 making a 20 minute headway.
Evening and Sunday services continue current route via Crabbs Cross and are
renumbered 247. Service 143 is diverted via Birchfield Road and Headless Cross
to partly compensate for the loss of services 53/54 along Birchfield Road.
Services 50 and 74 are unchanged. Plans for double-deckers were shelved as
tree lopping could not be completed in time.
The remaining single journey on 178 that First Midland Red was operating was
taken over by Pete’s Travel. |
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| 8 April
2002 |
Pete's Travel took over
the operation of X33 Kidderminster Hospital and Redditch Alexandra Hospital
from First Midland following re-tendering. Also following re-tendering
Harding's Coaches has taken over virtually all of the 350 journeys between
Redditch and Worcester. The peak hour 350 journey operated by First Midland
Red is renumbered to 353 and will now only run between Crowle and Worcester |
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October 2001 |
First Midland Red
withdrew the daytime facilities on services 61/62 Redditch and Matchborough East
and virtually all the journeys on the Services 177/78/79
Redditch and Birmingham via Wythall. Pete's Travel took the services over
61/62 services are reduced to a single route 61A. For operational reasons
First Midland Red retained the first journey on the service 178. Apart from one morning peak journey Service 143
Redditch and Birmingham stopped running through to/from Alexandra Hospital in Redditch.
(This was provided by inter-working with services 177/78/79) |
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September 2001 |
Services 59/60 Redditch
- Matchborough West are diverted via Safeway Store. The Sunday 146 service
between Redditch and Birmingham is extended to/from Evesham on a 3 hourly
basis. A couple of evening peak journeys service 177 Birmingham and Redditch
are taken
over by Midland Rider from First Midland Red. They will now only run between
Birmingham and Wythall. The Peak First Midland Red service 353 Worcester
and Feckenham journeys retimed and extended to/from Redditch as a service number
350 running via Inkberrow and Cookhill. A number of First Midland school
services were revised due to re-organisation of school catchment areas. |
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