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Warwickshire County Council's Facebook page states:

We've been advised by Johnsons Coaches that the following services will not operate today due to a driver shortage. Plans are being put in place to mitigate any further disruption and we apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Service 3:
Stratford – Lower Quinton: 1020, 1120, 1220, 1320
Lower Quinton – Stratford: 1057, 1157, 1257, 1357
Service between Stratford & Lower Quinton provided hourly by services 1 & 2.
Service 77:
Leamington – Gaydon: 0600
Service 87
Solihull – Coventry: 0820, 1225, 1625
Coventry – Solihull: 0932, 1332, 1742
Service 88
Solihull – Balsall Common: 1055, 1455
Balsall Common – Solihull: 0732, 1137, 1537
Service 150:
Redditch – Birmingham: 1011, 1621
Birmingham – Redditch: 1015, 1730
Redditch – Woodrow North: 0644, 1222
Woodrow North – Redditch: 0706, 1244
Service 150A:
Redditch – Inkberrow: 1522
Service PR:
From Park & Ride: 0900, 0930, 1000, 1030, 1100, 1130, 1200, 1300, 1330, 1400, 1430, 1700, 1730, 1800
From Stratford: 0913, 0943, 1013, 1043, 1113, 1143, 1213, 1243, 1313, 1343, 1413, 1443, 1643, 1713, 1743, 1813
A 30 minute service will operate all day on Park & Ride.
Service X20:
Stratford – Solihull – Coventry: 1155, 1635
Coventry – Solihull – Stratford: 0755, 1355 (Service will resume at 1521 from Depot), 1845
Solihull – Coventry: 0655

Everywhere is the same. Cheltenham (Stagecoach West) cut the frequency of some routes last week and Gloucester are cutting some of theirs on Sunday. It is hoped the changes can be reversed when things get back to normal.

A good friend of mine was talking to a member of Johnsons Coaches earlier in the week and was told that they have a number of buses "off the road" and have had to hire in at least one bus. So it looks like a double whammy . . . .

If Bustimes are correct , Johnsons have two hired in E200's , both of which had recently been operated by Compass Bus of Worthing. All Johnsosn need now are a good supply of drivers . . . . and fuel.