X40 Redditch-Cheltenham (Oct 1979)
Posted: 15:57 Monday 26th October 2020
Flicking through some old timetables, like you do, I noticed new for October 1979, a shopper services from Redditch to Cheltenham...
So why one is correct? Was the X40 a Wednesday only service, or a Thursday only service? Or maybe it was some other day and they were both wrong!
It's no wonder passenger numbers fell in the 1970s with marketing like that!
All good so far. However, when I flicked the pages to find said timetable I discovered that Service X40 only ran on Thursdays.Wednesday is half-day closing in Redditch, so why not go with Reddibus to Cheltenham. We are putting on a fast Wednesdays return service called X40, via Evesham but picking up first around the New Town and Studley. A bargain day out!
So why one is correct? Was the X40 a Wednesday only service, or a Thursday only service? Or maybe it was some other day and they were both wrong!
It's no wonder passenger numbers fell in the 1970s with marketing like that!