Thurcaston Road (Bus Gate) is due to close from Tuesday 25 July until Wednesday 27 July. During the closure services 25, 26 will need to divert as follows;
25 - normal route to Loughborough Road, continues to Red Hill Circle, left Abbey Lane right Thurncourt Road then back to normal route.
26 - normal route to Thurcaston Road, left Abbey Lane, Red Hill Circle, Loughborough Road then back to normal route.
Please note that the following bus stops will not be served
Glenfield Road outside West Gate School is due to close from Monday 17 July until Tuesday 25 July. During the closure service 13 will need to divert via New Parks Way, Aikman Avenue & Letchworth Road in both directions.
Please note that the following bus stops will not be served.
- Greencoat Road
- West Gate School
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Glenfield Road between Carlisle Street & Bolton Road is due to close over the weekend of 15/16 July. During the closure service 13 will need to divert via Henley Road & Fosse Road North in both directions.
Please note that the following bus stops will not be served.
- Woodville Road
- Muriel Road
- St. Paul's Church
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Thurncourt Road is due to close in the evening from 8pm on Monday 10 July. During the closure services 38,38A will need to divert as follows;
38 - normal route to New Romney Crescent, right Scraptoft Lane, left Nursery Road, right Thurncourt Road, left Dakyn Road then back to normal route.
38A - normal route to Dakyn Road, left Thurncourt Road, right Nursery Road, right Scraptoft Lane, left New Romney Crescent then back to normal route.
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Welford Place is due to close on Sunday 2 July between 7am & 5pm. During the closure services 88,88A will need to divert outbound via Charles Street, Waterloo Way, Regent Road & Welford Road.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Worcester Carnival is taking place on Saturday 1st July, and we are expecting the roads to be closed at the following points from 1445 to 1700;
- A38 Castle Street/Foregate Street/The Tything junction.
- A38 Sidbury/City Walls Road/College Street junction.
- A44 main Worcester City Centre bridge, both directions.
- Junction of Lowesmoor/Sansome Street/City Walls Road/ St.Nicholas’ Street.
Crewe Road will be closed on Saturday 17 June between 11am & 2pm for the carnival. During the closure service 3 will need to divert via Linley Lane, Sandbach Road, Sandbach Road North, Pikemere Road & Hassall Road in both directions.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Temporary Stop Closure. Bradford Junction, Victoria Road. Route 2
Towards City Centre.
Tuesday 20th until Wednesday 21st
1900 - 0600
On 17/06/23, The Rifles Freedom of Wellington will be taking place from 06:00 to 15:00.
This will affect the 22, 22A and X22 services.
Buses will be diverting along Longforth Road, Victoria Street and North Street in both directions for the duration.