I & S Market Day Service

Despite help from Rail & bus for Herefordshire with publicity and a small core of regular passengers, I and S Coaches have not been able to sustain this service commercially. The service ceased on 29 September 2017.

Herefordshire Bus Service Timetable Changes

Just a reminder that from the week beginning 4th September some bus timetables for Herefordshire will change. The biggest changes will be in the Ledbury Area where new timetables and a new operator will apply to service 417 Ledbury-Worcester; 600 Ledbury Town service;...
From the Archives: Leominster Station

From the Archives: Leominster Station

Leominster station was once described as the grand junction of the Marches. It once comprised four platforms, two on the main north and west line and two that served the branch line trains that ran eastwards to Bromyard and Worcester and westwards to Kington. There...

Cross Border Warfare Erupts

The BBC Wales headlines summed it up…’£1bn funding row puts new rail franchise in jeopardy’. It is a row that has been brewing for quite a while and now has erupted into cross border warfare. The Wales & Borders Franchise was due to be fully devolved to the Welsh...

Worcestershire Rail Investment Strategy

Worcestershire County Council has published their Rail Investment Strategy which documents a vision of the development of rail services as part of their Local Transport Plan 4. As to be expected the plan concentrates on an improved London service via the Cotswold Line...

The Return of FirstBus

FirstBus, operating as First Worcester, has returned to Herefordshire. The operator who withdrew from Hereford City and closed their garage there in 2015, has won a number of Herefordshire Council contracts in the Ledbury Area. From September they will be taking over...

Goodbye London Midland

London Midland has lost the West Midlands Rail Franchise. The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced that the new franchise has been awarded to a joint venture between Abellio (Netherlands Rail) and Japanese partners (East Japan Rail & Mitsui). This is the...

Late July 2017 and An Amazing Time for Railways

1   Daily Telegraph published news that ‘Whitehall backlogs have caused the Government to miss its own deadline for awarding a major rail contract (West Midlands Franchise)’. Later reports indicate that London Midland have been given yet another extension although...

RBfH Newsletter Summer 2017

Keeping you informed about your rail and bus services, here is the Summer 2017 Rail & Bus for Herefordshire newsletter. You can view online or click the link below to download a PDF copy that you can print. Newsletter Summer 2017 Download a PDF...

Trail in the Making

Our previous chairman Professor Les Lumsdon is closely involved in developing an innovative railway based walking trail. Following a feasibility study, the go-ahead has been given for implementing this new exciting project. Trail in the Making will start in the old...

Hereford Station Transport Hub

Most of you will have seen and or experienced the mighty upheaval outside Barrs Court Station as contractors drive through the Hereford City Link road as part of Herefordshire Council’s all singing, all dancing roads policy to help solve Hereford’s transport problem....

Bus Users Shropshire

Bus Users Shropshire has stepped in when Shropshire Council decided not to issue details of timetable changes and to abandon a route map. It has produced a county-wide map showing all routes and this is available in local libraries and tourist information centres (the...
I&S Launch New Market Day Bus

I&S Launch New Market Day Bus

One of our respected local bus companies has launched a new market day bus between St Weonards and Abergavenny via Broad Oak, Garway Common, Skenfrith, Grosmont, Cross Ash and Llanvetherine. The 438 service operates at 0930 from St Weonards and returns from...