Arriva has made revisions to some of their bus services which students will need to know for their return to college after the Easter break.
The following changes are planned for Saturday 23 April 2022.
17/17A Shrewsbury – Sutton Farm
This is a new service partially replacing routes 8 and 8A between Shrewsbury. London Road Campus and Sutton Farm and route X4 between Shrewsbury, London Road Campus and Wellington. Buses on route 17 will run up to every 60 minutes on Mondays to Saturdays. Some of these journeys will continue to Atcham and Wellington.
On college days before 9am and after 3pm, some of these journeys operate past London Road Campus to provide a link to/from Shrewsbury Town Centre.
X4 Oswestry – Shrewsbury – Wellington
Arriva will no longer be running route X4. Students wishing to travel between Oswestry and Shrewsbury should use route X5.
X5 Oswestry – Shrewsbury - Telford
A bus up to every 60 minutes on Mondays to Saturdays will be retained. Additional journeys will be provided at peak times between Oswestry and Shrewsbury. Some of these journeys will extend to serve London Road Campus.
From Telford
A double deck will depart from Telford Bus Station at 0805, arriving at London Road Campus at 0828 and Shrewsbury Bus Station at 0843. A duplicate single deck will depart from Telford Bus Station at 0810, arriving at London Road Campus at 0833 and Shrewsbury Bus Station at 0848.
To Telford
A double deck will depart from Shrewsbury Bus Station at 1540, arriving at London Road Campus at 1550. A duplicate single deck will depart from London Road Campus at 1610. A single deck will depart from Shrewsbury Bus Station at 1640, arriving at London Road Campus at 1650.
From Oswestry
A single deck will depart from Oswestry Bus Station at 0737, arriving at Shrewsbury Bus Station at 0838 and at London Road Campus at 0850. A duplicate single deck will also be provided on college days, departing from West Felton at 0759, arriving at Shrewsbury Bus Station at 0833 and at London Road Campus at 0845.
To Oswestry
Buses will depart from London Road Campus every hour until 1513, then at 1543, 1618 and 1648. Buses depart from Shrewsbury Bus Station 22 minutes later e.g. the 1513 from London Road Campus, departs from Shrewsbury Bus Station at 1535.
X7 Shrewsbury – Wellington - Newport
A new college day service will provide Shrewsbury College students with a direct link between Newport, Muxton, Trench and Wellington. This will replace the existing route 7A. This bus will be timed to leave Newport at 0730 and from Wellington at 0825 for a 0845 arrival at London Road Campus and a 0900 arrival at Shrewsbury Bus Station.
There is an additional bus provided at 0830 from Wellington, arriving at London Road Campus at 0850. The return bus departs from Shrewsbury Bus Station at 1610 and departs from London Road Campus at 1620.
16 Roden - High Ercall – Wellington
This service is operated by Arriva on behalf of Telford and Wrekin Council. In preparation for September, Arriva will look at the feasibility of retiming the journeys to allow better connections with their service between Wellington and Shrewsbury.
64 Shrewsbury – Market Drayton - Hanley
Whilst changes are planned for this service in April, these won’t directly impact the AM peak and PM peak timetables. A bus will depart from Market Drayton at 0722, arriving at Shrewsbury Bus Station at 0830 and London Road Campus at 0840. Return journeys are provided from Shrewsbury Bus Station at 1515 and 1615.
436 Bridgnorth – Shrewsbury
This service is operated by Arriva on behalf of Shropshire Council.