Monday 10th Feb pm - bus updates

We have received the following update from the county Transport Planning and Review Officer:

1. Tomorrow the Worcester Bridge will reopen. This should alleviate some of the traffic disruption in the morning.

2. Crowngate bus station has re-opened. All public bus services in Worcester have reverted back to the bus station.

3. TO HANLEY CASTLE HIGH SCHOOL : All school transport services to Hanley Castle High School will attempt to operate, however some routes will need to operate in reverse order and then divert via the Southern Link Road in Worcester as Upton Bridge is closed. Students at Severn Stoke will be collected by Astons Coaches instead of the 362 bus. All students should be collected by 08:30am at the latest (otherwise parents should make their own way if not collected by that time). The school will be operating a shorter day, from 09:50 hrs start to 15:00 hrs finish, to allow time for

the buses to divert around the various flooded roads.

4. 362 / 364 (Worcester - Kempsey - Upton) : Due to the closure of Upton Bridge due to flooding, this service will only operate between Worcester and Ryall and terminate there. The timetable is suspended, and one bus will operate along the route throughout the day as often as possible. The school journey to Hanley Castle High School will operate as normal from Worcester to Norton Barracks, then divert via the Southern Link Road - Callow End - Hanley Swan - Welland - Upton - the school.

5. 363 (Worcester - Callow End - Upton) : Due to flooding on Hanley Road in Upton, these services continue to operate to their Standard Flood Timetable. This service will return to normal route to/from Crowngate Bus Station from 13:00 hrs. From the Bull Ring the service will use New Road, the bridge and Bridge Street in the wrong direction, then re-join traffic on Deansway - Cathedral roundabout - College Street - City Walls Road - Bus Station. The service will operate with significant delays. (NEW UPDATE)

6. 41 / 42 / 43 (Upton - Malvern) : Due to flooding on Hanley Road in Upton, these services continue to operate to their Standard Flood Timetable.