Changes to services in Shropshire and Telford

From Saturday 31st August 2024, we’ll be making changes to some of our services in Shropshire and Telford to help keep the buses running on time, and to improve the service in some areas. A few services will be revised to accommodate changes to the start and finish times for some schools.

Don’t forget that Adult Single tickets are still capped at £2 and are available on all our services, at any time of the day.

Take a look below to see the changes we’re making:

1/2 Telford to Dawley and Sutton Hill 
We’re making some changes to the timetable that we run on Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays, with all journeys being advanced to operate 10 minutes earlier than currently.

The first journey from Telford Bus Station will depart at 0920, with the first journey from Madeley departing at 0923, operating as a route 2. The 1720 route 2 from Telford Bus Station will terminate at Madeley at 1756, and there is an additional journey on route 2 departing from Telford Bus Station at 1820 and terminating at Madeley at 1856.

There are no changes to the Monday to Friday and Saturday timetables.

3/3A Telford to Stirchley and Brookside 
We’re making some minor changes to the timetable.

With the school day at Telford Park School finishing slightly later, there will be changes to the timetable between 1445 and 1545 on Mondays to Fridays, with some journeys returning to Telford as a 3A to allow pupils from the schools in Stirchley to be dropped off in Hollinswood.

After 1715 on Mondays to Saturdays we’ll be introducing a revised timetable which includes an additional journey on a 3A to Hollinswood and Brookside that departs Telford Bus Station at 1945.

On Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays, journeys between 0924 and 1654 will operate as a route 3, providing a direct 30 minute service between Telford and Brookside. Hollinswood being served by our new route 13. The 1715, 1745 and 1815 journeys from Telford Bus Station will continue to run as a route 3A, serving Hollinswood before continuing to Brookside.

5/5A/5B Telford to Donnington and Stafford
We’re making some changes to the timetable to improve timekeeping. There will also be some minor changes to the route.

Most journeys will depart from Telford Bus Station around 5 minutes earlier than currently, with some adjustments to the running times.

All journeys running between Telford and Newport on route 5 will serve The Humbers, providing a bus up to every 60 minutes throughout the day on Mondays to Saturdays.

All buses travelling to Stafford will terminate in Earl Street, located to the rear of the old Guildhall Shopping Centre, instead of Chell Road. This is to provide our customers with a more central location in the town centre. All departures from Stafford will be from Stand 3 in Earl Street, with an additional bus stop at Mill Bank, located in Water Street. Stafford Train Station will continue to be served in both directions.

All journeys on Route 5E will operate as a route 5A, providing Muxton with an improved service on Monday to Saturday evenings and all day on Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays.

5B is a new service, operating up to every 60 minutes throughout the day on Mondays to Saturdays, that will replace the current route 6 between Telford and Donnington.

The route between Telford Bus Station and Donnington Asda will remain the same as the route 6 and will also run through Muxton in an anticlockwise direction. Along with route 5A, there will be up to two buses an hour between Telford and Muxton.

Between Telford Town Centre and Donnington, the combined service on routes 5, 5A and 5B will provide a bus up to every 20 minutes throughout the day on Mondays to Saturdays.

6 Telford to Donnington
The service is replaced by the new route 5B.

7 Telford to Wellington 
We’re making some changes to the timetable to improve timekeeping.

This service will no longer run between Telford Bus Station and Hollinswood, with a replacement service being provided by our new route 13, along with route 3A. There is no change to the route between Wellington Bus Station and Telford Bus Station.

X7 Newport to Wellington and Shrewsbury
The service will be renumbered as route X12, running to a slightly adjusted timetable to improve timekeeping.

8/8A Telford to Lightmoor, Bridgnorth and Much Wenlock 
We’re making some changes to the route and timetable.

This service will no longer run between Telford Bus Station and Priorslee, with a replacement service being provided by our route X10. There is no change to the route between Bridgnorth, Much Wenlock and Telford Bus Station, with some peak journeys extending to and from Wellington. The service to and from Wellington will run on all Mondays to Fridays.

The 1430 route 8A from Telford will run direct between Lightmoor and Much Wenlock and will no longer run through Madeley or Broseley. An alternative service is available at 1330 and 1530.

The 1530 route 8 from Telford will continue beyond Lightmoor to Madeley, Broseley and Bridgnorth.

The 0808 route 8 from Telford to Wellington will be withdrawn. An alternative service is available on our route 4.

The 0730 route 8 from Lightmoor to Telford will run 5 minutes earlier, to provide better connections in Telford Town Centre.

9 Bridgnorth to Wolverhampton 
We’re making some minor tweaks to the times between Bridgnorth Sainsburys and Sydney Cottage to improve timekeeping.

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

Most journeys will be extended to serve Priorslee, to provide a fast and direct link to Shrewsbury with buses running up to every 60 minutes throughout the day on Mondays to Saturdays. This replaces the service we currently provide on routes 8 and 8A.

The 0725 journey from Shrewsbury Bus Station, will depart 25 minutes earlier at 0700, and there will be an additional journey that departs from Shrewsbury Bus Station at 0755 on Mondays to Fridays, providing a morning peak journey into Telford. This bus will arrive in Telford Bus Station at 0833.

All journeys on route X10 will depart from stand B in Telford Bus Station.

X10A Telford and Wellington to Shrewsbury
The service will be renumbered as route X11.

X11 Telford and Wellington to Shrewsbury 
This newly renumbered service replaces our route X10A and will continue to provide a lunchtime service between Wellington and Shrewsbury, especially designed for students attending Shrewsbury College.

X12 Newport to Wellington and Shrewsbury 
The newly renumbered service replaces our route X7, running to a slightly adjusted timetable to improve timekeeping. There will no longer be a 0830 departure from Wellington Bus Station to Shrewsbury College, and students will need to travel on the earlier bus.

13 Telford to Hollinswood 
This is a new service, replacing route 7, and will run every day (except certain Bank Holidays) with a bus up to every 30 minutes throughout the day.

During the evening, Hollinswood continues to be served by our route 3A.

101 Bridgnorth Town Service 
We’re making some minor tweaks to the times between Bridgnorth Sainsburys and Sydney Cottage to improve timekeeping.

S521 Shrewsbury to Haberdashers Adams’ Grammar School
This service will only be available for pupils attending Haberdashers Adams’ Grammar School in Newport. Pupils wishing to use this service should contact the school directly, as all seats are pre-booked.

S894 Malinslee and Ironbridge to William Brookes School
S895 Overdale and Lightmoor to William Brookes School 
These services are only available for pupils attending William Brookes School in Much Wenlock. There is no need to pre-book, and special fares are available on the Arriva app or on the bus.