Notices

Bus Services Over Christmas

Over the Christmas and New Year period some local bus services will be operating on a revised timetable.

Customers are advised to check with their operator to confirm arrangements before travelling.

Shrewsbury Park & Ride

  • Saturday 23 December – will operate as advertised.
  • Sunday 24 December to Tuesday 26 December – service closed.
  • Wednesday 27 and Saturday 30 December – will operate a Saturday timetable. This means the first bus will leave each park and ride site at 8am, with the last bus returning to its respective site at 6.30pm.
  • Sunday 3 December and Monday 1 January – service closed.

Normal service will resume from Tuesday 2 January 2024.

More information about the service can be found here.

Connect On-Demand – Shropshire Council’s new flexible bus service

  • Saturday 23 December – will operate as normal, 7.30am to 6.30pm.
  • Sunday 24 December and Tuesday 26 December – service closed.
  • Wednesday 27 to Saturday 30 December – will operate between 8am and 6pm.
  • Sunday 31 December and Monday 1 January – service closed.

Normal service will resume from Tuesday 2 January 2024.

We advise customers wishing to use the Connect On-Demand service between Christmas and New Year to book in advance.

The Customer Booking Line (0345 678 9013) will be open from Wednesday 27 December to Friday 29 December, 10am to 2pm.

More information about the service can be found here.

Ludlow Park & Ride (722) & Town Service (701)

The above services 722 and 701 will operate as normal over the festive period, except:

  • Sunday 24 December to Tuesday 26 December – service closed
  • Sunday 31 December and Monday 1 January – services closed

Details about Ludlow Park & Ride can be found here.

Local bus services

All services listed below will not operate from Sunday 24 December to Tuesday 26 December, and from Sunday 31 December to Monday 1 January.

However, the following local bus services will operate a Saturday timetable from Wednesday 27 to Saturday 30 December. Please check timetables before travelling.

  • 1, Monkmoor > Shrewsbury Bus Station (Arriva)
  • 2, Castle Fields > Shrewsbury Bus Station (Arriva)
  • 8 / 8A, Broseley > Telford (Arriva)
  • 9, Bridgnorth > Wolverhampton (Arriva)
  • 11, Gains Park > Shrewsbury Bus Station (Arriva)
  • 12, Merlin Road > Shrewsbury Bus Station (Arriva)
  • 17, Sutton Farm > Shrewsbury Bus Station (Arriva)
  • 21, Reabrook > Shrewsbury Bus Station (Lakeside Coaches)
  • 23, Judith Butts > Shrewsbury Bus Station (Arriva)
  • 24, Sundorne > Shrewsbury Bus Station (Arriva)
  • 25, Harlescott > Shrewsbury Bus Station (Arriva)
  • 26, Meole Village > Shrewsbury Bus Station (Arriva)
  • 27, Bayston Hill > Shrewsbury Bus Station (Arriva)
  • 53, Oswestry > Shrewsbury Bus Station (Arriva)
  • 64, Market Drayton > Shrewsbury Bus Station (Arriva)
  • 96 / 96A, Shrewsbury > Ironbridge / Telford (Select Bus Services)
  • 101, Bridgnorth Town Service (Arriva)
  • 125, Bridgnorth > Stourbridge (Diamond Buses)
  • 292, Kidderminster > Ludlow (Diamond Buses)
  • 297, Bridgnorth > Kidderminster (Select Bus Services)
  • 435, Ludlow > Shrewsbury (Minsterley Motors)
  • 436, Bridgnorth > Shrewsbury (Select Bus Services)
  • 511 / 512, Whitchurch > Shrewsbury (Arriva)
  • 552 / 553, Bishop’s Castle > Shrewsbury (Minsterley Motors)
  • X10, Shrewsbury > Telford (Arriva)
  • X7, Shrewsbury > Newport (Arriva)

The following services will operate as currently timetabled between Wednesday 27 and Saturday 30 December and will have no changes made to them:

  • 2 / 2A / 2C, Oswestry > Wrexham (Arriva Wales)
  • 20, Radbrook > Shrewsbury Bus Station (Lakeside Coaches)
  • 72 / 72A / 72D, Oswestry > Llanfyllin (Tanat Valley Coaches)
  • 74, Shrewsbury > Llanfechain (Tanat Valley Coaches)
  • 79 / 79A, Oswestry > Llanfyllin (Tanat Valley Coaches)
  • 113 / 114 / 115 / 116, Bridgnorth > Shifnal (Arriva)
  • 201, Wem Town Service (Bennetts Travel Cranberry)
  • 205, Whitchurch Town Service (Lakeside Coaches)
  • 208, Ellesmere Town Service (Lakeside Coaches)
  • 301 / 302, Market Drayton Town Service (Lakeside Coaches)
  • 400 / 402 / 403 / 404 / 405, Oswestry Town Services (Tanat Valley Coaches)
  • 449, Oswestry > Ellesmere (Lakeside Coaches)
  • 490, Leominster > Ludlow (Lugg Valley Coaches)
  • 498, Bucknell > Hereford (Lugg Valley Coaches)
  • 501, Ellesmere > Shrewsbury (Lakeside Coaches)
  • 524, Roddington > Shrewsbury (Arriva)
  • 540, Cardington > Shrewsbury (Lakeside Coaches) [Friday 29th December only]
  • 558, Shrewsbury > Montgomery (Tanat Valley Coaches)
  • 576, Oswestry > Shrewsbury (Tanat Valley Coaches)
  • 738 / 740, Knighton > Ludlow (Minsterley Motors)
  • 745, Pontesbury > Ludlow (Minsterley Motors)
  • 891, Telford > Wolverhampton (Banga Buses)
  • T12, Machynlleth > Wrexham (Tanat Valley Coaches)
  • X75, Llanidloes > Shrewsbury (Celtic Travel)

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