Changes to bus services

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Changes to services should show in the timetables and journey planning on Traveline from the dates shown below.

Easter bus services 2024

Monday 25 March until Thursday 28 March 2024

Monday to Friday school holiday timetables will apply.

Good Friday 29 March 2024

  • DRM - Monday to Friday school holiday timetables will apply except the 232 service will run to a Sunday timetable
  • First - Monday to Friday school holiday timetables will apply on all services
  • Lugg Valley Travel - Saturday timetables will apply. Also, services 489 and 507 will be in operation
  • Nick Maddy Coaches - Monday to Friday school holiday timetables will apply on all services except the 54 service will not operate
  • Sargeants - Monday to Friday school holiday timetables will apply on all services
  • Stagecoach South Wales - Monday to Friday school holiday timetable on the T14 and X3 services
  • Stagecoach West - Sunday timetables will apply so only the 33 service will operate
  • Yeomans Travel - Saturday timetables will apply on all services

Saturday 30 March 2024

Normal Saturday timetables will apply.

Easter Sunday 31 March 2024

No bus services will operate except for services 33, 39A, 232, 492 and the Zipper.

Bank Holiday Monday 1 April 2024

No bus services will operate except for services 33, 39A, 232 and the Zipper.

Tuesday 2 April until Friday 5 April 2024

Monday to Friday school holiday timetables will apply.


From Sunday 4 February 2024

Service Z City Zipper Hereford City Service

  • Revised route serving Old Market and a new NMITE Blackfriars Campus stop in Blackfriars Street
  • Times from ASDA and stops between Station Medical Centre only have been amended
  • On Sundays service operates via Widemarsh Street to Station Approach and does not serve The Courtyard
  • For full details visit Traveline

From Saturday 25 November 2023

Service Z Hereford City Service

  • New service operated by Yeomans Travel on behalf of Hereford City Council
  • Operates every 15 minutes Mondays to Saturdays
  • Operates every 30 minutes on Sundays
  • For full details visit Traveline

From Monday 9 October 2023

426 Leominster - Hereford

  • Additional Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays summer only journeys withdrawn
  • 1135 Hereford - Marden
  • 1200 Marden - Hereford

From Sunday 3 September 2023

32 Gloucester - Ross-on-Wye

  • Minor timetable changes

33 Gloucester - Ross-on-Wye – Hereford

  • Revised timetable

35 Ross-on-Wye – Monmouth

  • Minor timetable changes

36 Monmouth – Hereford

  • Route of first and last buses revised in Monmouth
  • Morning journey retimed
  • Lunch time journey terminates at Hereford Country Bus Station, not Railway Station

For full details of Stagecoach West changes visit Traveline

41 Kington – Presteigne – Knighton

  • New journeys introduced serving Presteigne, John Beddoes High School
  • Minor timetable changes

For full details of Sargeants Bros. changes visit TravelineSW

Hereford City Bus Station Changes

  • Services 75 and 81B depart from Stand 3
  • Service G departs from Stand 4

489 Wigmore – Aymestrey – Bircher – Leominster

  • Buses operate from Eye and Ashton direct to Leominster and not serve Wyson, Brimfield and Little Hereford (Contact Leominster Community Wheels on 01568 615 785 for alternative transport)
  • Afternoon journey retimed to depart from Leominster at 1200

498 Leintwardine – Wigmore – Kingsland - Hereford

  • Service starts from Leintwardine and will not serve Bucknell and Brampton Bryan
  • Afternoon journey retimed to depart from Hereford at 1330
  • Service continues on request of passengers on board at Canon Pyon

507 Leominster – Dilwyn – Weobley – Broxwood Circular

  • Morning and afternoon journeys re-timed
  • Afternoon journey continues to Leominster on request of passengers on board at Weobley

For full details of Lugg Valley changes visit TravelineSW

675 Ledbury – Great Malvern

  • 0725 Ledbury – Great Malvern journey re-timed to depart 5 minutes earlier
  • 0805 Great Malvern – Ledbury John Masefield High School journey on schooldays re-timed to depart 5 minutes earlier

746 Ross-on-Wye – Cinderford

  • Minor timetable changes

From Monday 24 July 2023

440 Pontrilas – Abbeydore

  • 1653 Pontrilas – Abbeydore journey retimed to depart at 1707 to connect with service 23 journey from Hereford

T14 Hereford – Hay-on-Wye – Brecon

  • Certain journeys from Hereford extended to Cardiff via Merthyr Tydfil serving Pen-Y-Fan and Brecon Beacons/Bannau Brycheiniog
  • Timetable between Hereford and Brecon unchanged

X3 Hereford – Abergavenny – Cwmbran – Cardiff

  • Service re-numbered 23 and continues to Newport from Cwmbran. Cardiff is not served
  • Minor changes to timetable between Hereford and Abergavenny including 1620 retimed to depart at 1630 on Mondays to Fridays
  • Abergavenny, King Henry VIII School served on school days

For full details of Stagecoach in South Wales changes visit Traveline.


From Sunday 2 July 2023

232 Ledbury - Newent - Ross-on-Wye

  • Revised timetable to improve punctuality
  • Monday – Saturday inbound services now only serve Ledbury, Deer Park on the Friday and Saturday only, late evening services. Monday – Saturday outbound services continue to serve Ledbury, Deer Park
  • Weston's Cider, Car Park bus stop is now served on Sundays

For full details visit Traveline.


From Sunday 30 April 2023

New commercially operated Sunday journeys introduced by Sargeants Bros. on the following services:

  • Service A – Hereford - Tupsley - Hampton Park
  • Service B – Hereford - Holmer - Bobblestock
  • Service E – Hereford - Moor Farm
  • Service F – Hereford - Putson - Redhill
  • Service G – Hereford - Newton Farm

For full details visit Traveline


From Monday 24 April 2023

Service F  Hereford - Saxon Gate – Redhill

  • 1320 journey from Hereford reinstated to provide a regular hourly service

Service G  Hereford – Newton Farm

  • Commercial service operated by Sargeants Bros. replacing withdrawn service 74
  • Service operates daily

For full details visit Travelinesw.com

39  Peterchurch – Kingstone – Hereford

  • Service renumbered 449

74  Newton Farm - Hereford

  • Yeomans Travel service withdrawn and replaced by Sargeants Bros. service G
  • Last day of operation is Saturday 22 April 2023

There will be no Sunday buses to Newton Farm on Sunday 23 April 2023 only.

447  Bredwardine – Madley – Hereford

  • Revised timetable
  • Morning journey from Bredwardine, Red Lion departs at 0650 and operates earlier throughout

449  Madley – Kingstone – Hereford

  • Revised timetable
  • Off-peak service starts from Hereford Railway Station
  • Departures from Hereford co-ordinated with T14 timetable to provide a regular hourly service to Clehonger and Kingstone

For full details visit Yeomans Travel


From Sunday 2 April 2023

232  Ledbury – Newent – Ross-on-Wye

  • New community-led service operated by DRM
  • Operates every two hours Mondays to Saturdays
  • Evening service on Fridays and Saturdays
  • Four journeys on Sundays

For full details visit Traveline.


From Monday 13 February 2023

461  Kington – Hereford

  • 0645 Kington – Hereford journey retimed to depart at 0640 and runs up to 10 minutes earlier
  • 0748 Hereford – Kington journey retimed to depart at 0738 and runs up to 10 minutes earlier

For full details visit Traveline


From Monday 6 February 2023

X3  Cardiff - Abergavenny – Hereford

  • Service will not operate via Prince Henry High School, Abergavenny on schooldays

For full details visit Stagecoach in South Wales


From Monday 30 January 2023

F Hereford - Saxon Gate - Redhill

  • 1320 journey on Mondays to Saturdays withdrawn

From Monday 23 January 2023

74 Hereford - Newton Farm

  • Monday to Friday timetable frequency reduced

449 Hereford - Madley

  • 1426 Madley - Hereford journey withdrawn

For full details visit Yeomans Travel


From Monday 9 January 2023

T14 Brecon - Hay-on-Wye - Hereford

  • Service improved to operate 2 hourly all day

For full details visit Stagecoach in South Wales.


From Tuesday 8 November 2022

600 Ledbury Town Circular

  • The 1150 journey on Tuesdays only will not operate after 1 November 2022.

671 Bromyard - Ledbury

  • This service will not operate after 1 November 2022. An alternative 672 Bromyard to Ledbury service is available on Thursdays.

420 Bromyard - Worcester


From Monday 7 November 2022

X3 Cardiff - Cwmbran - Abergavenny - Hereford

  • Through journeys reinstated to Cardiff and Cwmbran