Changes to our services in Shropshire

From Saturday 4 January 2025, we’ll be making changes to some of our services in Shropshire to help keep the buses running on time, to improve the service in some areas and to balance our cost of operation with the revenue received to protect the long-term viability of the bus network. Below is a summary of the changes we are making.

17 Shrewsbury to Sutton Farm  
We’re making some changes to the timetable to improve timekeeping.

All journeys from Shrewsbury will depart from the Bus Station 5 minutes earlier than they do currently, with additional running time built into the timetable. Buses from Sutton Farm will arrive at the Bus Station 1 minute earlier than currently.

53 Oswestry to Ellesmere 
We’re making some major changes to the timetable to balance our cost of operation with the revenue received, to protect the long-term viability of this bus service. Revenue support we’ve been receiving to maintain the current timetable ended in August 2024 and we have also seen a significant reduction in scholar’s revenue. Despite our best efforts to continue operation of this service on a commercial basis the number of passengers using this service does not cover the cost of operation.

The Monday to Friday service will operate to a revised timetable with the withdrawal of the following journeys.

0740 route 53 Ellesmere – The Marches School
1515 route 53 The Marches School – Ellesmere
1715 route 53 Ellesmere – Oswestry
1800 route 53 Oswestry – Ellesmere

Unfortunately, because on low passenger numbers, the Saturday service will be withdrawn in its entirety.

X5 Shrewsbury to Oswestry 
We’re making some improvements to this service to bring passengers a better and more reliable service.

For the main part of the day on Mondays to Saturdays, we’re increasing the frequency to every 45 minutes to provide additional capacity and more journeys to Oswestry and Shrewsbury.

To increase capacity when Shrewsbury College is open, an additional journey will operate on College Days only departing Oswestry Bus Station at 0710 and arriving in Shrewsbury Bus Station at 0815.

For the safety of our colleagues, passengers and other road users using the A5, and to provide more consistent running times, buses travelling between Shrewsbury and Oswestry will no longer make the right turn from Montford Bridge onto the A5. Instead, buses will turn left, travel along the A5 to Churncote Roundabout (A5/A458), before returning up the A5 to Nesscliffe.

X10 Telford to Shrewsbury **fast and direct** 
We’re making some minor changes to the timetable to improve timekeeping, and to provide more resilience in the event of traffic delays and congestion between Telford and Shrewsbury.

The 1635 journey from Shrewsbury Bus Station that runs when Shrewsbury College is open, will depart 10 minutes later at 1645, and will operate 10 minutes later throughout.

All other journeys on route X10, are unaffected and this service continues to provide passengers with a reliable, fast and direct link between Shrewsbury and Telford.