Travel News

This page contains information of current road closures and other important travel news affecting bus services within Worcestershire.

Please note that this page contains details of roadworks which affect bus services only.

For a more comprehensive guide to roadworks within Worcestershire, please visit our Roadworks in Worcestershire homepage.

Emergency Alerts

The most up to date information regarding emergency road conditions within Worcestershire can be found at our Emergency Alerts page. This includes information regarding roads closed due to flooding.

Details of bus service alterations due to road closures can be found below.

Worcester City - Special flood arrangements

In the event of Worcester City Centre Bridge closing due to flooding, services 31, 33 and 39 that normally use the bridge will be replaced by the following shuttle service as indicated in the Worcester City Special Flood Shuttle Service Map  (1.83 MB).

Services on the East side of the river will operate as normal.

Services 44/44A, 308/310, 363, 417, 420 and 758 will all be diverted via the Southern Link Road.

Service 294 will be diverted via Holt Heath and Ombersley.

Special / Flood Timetables

Validity/duration  of timetable	Service(s) affected	Link to copy of special timetable
Until Further Notice	675	Service 675 timetable - Colwall Bridge closure version  (23.99 KB)
Until Further Notice	363, S63	Service 363 flood timetable  (28.19 KB)
Until Further Notice	382	Service 382 flood timetable  (222.08 KB)
Until Further Notice	550, 551, 557	Service 550-551-557 flood timetable  (26.08 KB)

Road closures and timetable changes affecting bus services 2008

Date of closure / duration	Area / services affected	Link to copy of closure notice
from 2nd September 2007, until further notice	ongoing repairs to Colwall Bridge affecting service 675	Service 675 timetable - Colwall Bridge closure version  (23.99 KB)
7th January 2009 until 12th January 2009	Parsonage Drive / Oakfield Drive, Cofton Hackett 182, 204, 625	Cofton Hackett closure - 07-01-2009  (61.99 KB)
5th January 2009 for approx. 4 weeks	Top Cross, Ledbury 388, 417, 476, 675 (as well as other Herefordshire services)	please see individual timetables on our bus timetables page
5th January 2009 until 9th January 2009	Lenchwick Lane / Chadbury Road, Lenchwick 558, 560, 564	Lenchwick Lane closure - 05-01-2009  (62.23 KB)
5th January 2009 until 9th January 2009	Wick Road, Little Comberton 565	Wick Road closure - 05-01-2009  (61.71 KB)
4th January 2009 until 22nd January 2009	B4196, Shrawley 294, 295, 356	Shrawley closure - service 295 - 04-01-2009  (44.33 KB) Shrawley closure - services 294 and 295 - 04-01-2009  (44.24 KB) Shrawley closure - services 294 and 356 - 04-01-2009  (43.98 KB) Shrawley closure - Shrawley Shuttle timetable - 04-01-2009  (48.78 KB)
4th January 2009	Bus service changes in Redditch 50, 55A, 55S, 56A, 56S, 56X, 68, 69, 142, 143, 146, X3	Redditch bus service changes - 04-01-2009  (52.10 KB)
4th January 2009	Bus service changes in Bromsgrove 142, 143, X3	Bromsgrove bus service changes - 04-01-2009  (47.68 KB)
4th January 2009	Bus service changes in Kidderminster 142, 143, X3	Kidderminster bus service changes - 04-01-2009  (48.54 KB)
1st December 2008 until further notice	Whittington Road bus stop lay-by, Worcester 551	Whittington Road stop closure - 01-12-2008  (765.05 KB)
13th October 2008 until 30th January 2009	Bromsgrove Road, Batchley 55B, 56B, 68, 69, 333, 334, X3, X3A	Bromsgrove Road closure - 13-10-2008  (62.34 KB)
22nd September 2008 until 27th February 2009	Shaw Lane, Stoke Prior 141, 940	Shaw Lane closure - 22-09-2008  (62.28 KB)
21st January 2008 9 months	Broughton Hackett, Lay-By EPS005, EPS010 (schools services)	Broughton Hackett, lay-by closure - 21-01-2008  (67.87 KB)