Shropshire Christmas & New Year bus timetable changes, including Park & Ride and local services

Shropshire Council has announced changes to local services including park and ride buses, the Connect On-Demand service, and other local bus services around the region.

Customers are being advised to check with their operator to confirm arrangements before travelling during the festive period. 

Below is a list of changes to bus services in Shropshire over Christmas and New Year. 

Shrewsbury Park & Ride

Between Monday, December 23 and Saturday, January 4, Shrewsbury's Park & Ride service will operate a Saturday timetable, meaning that the first bus will leave each park and ride site at 8am, with the last bus returning to its respective site at 6.30pm.

The service will be closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day, and there is also no service on Sundays. 

Normal service will resume from Monday, January 6. 

Further information can be found here. 

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

Between Monday, December 23 and Saturday, January 4, Shropshire Council's Connect On-Demand service will operate as normal, apart from a few dates.

The service will be closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.

Meanwhile, on Saturday, December 28, the service will operate between 9.30am and 4.30pm only.

The Customer Booking Line (0345 678 9013) will close at 2pm on Christmas Eve and will not re-open until 10am on Thursday, January 2. The council has asked users to ensure that all bookings are made by this time. The app will still be available to take bookings during this period.

There is also no service on Sundays.

Further information about the service can be found here.

Ludlow Park & Ride - 722

The Ludlow Park & Ride bus service will operate as normal over the festive period.

However, the service will be closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.

Further information about Ludlow Park & Ride can be found here.

Local bus services

Shropshire Council has announced a list of local bus services that will not operate on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.

Below is a list of local bus services that will operate a Saturday timetable between Monday, December 23 and Saturday, January 4. The council is asking bus users to 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)

• 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)

• 101, Bridgnorth Town Service (Arriva)

• 125, Bridgnorth > Stourbridge (Diamond Buses)

• 292, Kidderminster > Ludlow (Diamond Buses)

• 435, Ludlow > Shrewsbury (Minsterley Motors)

• 511/512, Whitchurch > Shrewsbury (Arriva)

• 540, Cardington > Shrewsbury (Minsterley Motors)

• 552/553, Bishop’s Castle > Shrewsbury (Minsterley Motors)

• 701/702/703, Ludlow Town Services (Minsterley Motors)

• 738/740, Knighton > Ludlow (Minsterley Motors)

• 745, Pontesbury > Ludlow (Minsterley Motors)

• 891, Telford > Wolverhampton (Banga Buses)

• X5, Oswestry > Shrewsbury (Arriva)

• X10/X11, Shrewsbury > Telford (Arriva)

• X12, Shrewsbury to Newport (Arriva)

Meanwhile, below is a list of services that will operate as currently timetabled between Monday, December 23 and Saturday, January 4, and will have no changes made to them unless stated otherwise.

• 2/2A/2C, Oswestry > Wrexham (Arriva Wales) - Tuesday, December 24 and Tuesday, December 31: The last departure on 2/2A/2C from Oswestry will be at 7.52pm.

• 20, Radbrook > Shrewsbury Bus Station (Lakeside Coaches)

• 21, Reabrook > Shrewsbury Bus Station (Lakeside Coaches)

• 41, Whitchurch > Chester (D&G Bus Ltd) - Saturday timetables will operate between Friday, December 27 and Tuesday, December 31.

• 72/72A/72D, Oswestry > Llanfyllin (Tanat Valley Coaches)

• 74, Shrewsbury > Llanfechain (Tanat Valley Coaches)

• 79/79A, Oswestry > Llanfyllin (Tanat Valley Coaches)

• 96/96A, Shrewsbury > Ironbridge / Telford (Select Bus Services)

• 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)

• 297, Bridgnorth > Kidderminster (Select Bus Services)

• 301, Market Drayton Town Service (Lakeside Coaches)

• 400/402/403/404/405/406, Oswestry Town Services (Tanat Valley Coaches)

• 436, Bridgnorth > Shrewsbury (Select Bus Services)

• 437, Much Wenlock > Shrewsbury (Tanat Valley Coaches)

• 449, Oswestry > Ellesmere (Lakeside Coaches)

• 490, Leominster > Ludlow (Lugg Valley Coaches)

• 501, Ellesmere > Shrewsbury (Lakeside Coaches)

• 558, Shrewsbury > Montgomery (Tanat Valley Coaches)

• 576, Oswestry > Shrewsbury (Tanat Valley Coaches)

• T12, Machynlleth > Wrexham (Tanat Valley Coaches) - On Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve the T12 arriving in Oswestry from Welshpool will terminate at 3.36pm and 5.46pm and not continue to Wrexham.

• X11, Builth Wells > Knighton > Ludlow (Celtic Travel)

• X75, Llanidloes > Shrewsbury (Celtic Travel) - On Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, the last departure on the X75 from Shrewsbury will be at 4.30pm.

• 146/X46, Whitchurch > Wrexham ( Pats Coaches)