• Service 44

• Overview
• Timetables
• Routes
• Maps
• Fares
• History
• Miscellaneous

Service 44 (Worcester—Malvern): Service Overview

Introduction

Service 44 was introduced in 1989, replacing service 344, when the Worcester “Citibus” minibus network was extended to include The Malverns, although due to high demand only certain journeys were operated with minibuses.

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Route Summary

1. Off-peak journeys terminated at Great Malvern, while peak-time journeys continued to Link Top.
2. From 2008, most daytime Service 44 journeys change to Service 44A at Great Malvern and return to Worcester via Link Top and Belmont.  Early morning and evening journeys terminate at Link Top.

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Time summary

• Frequency of every 30-minutes in each direction from 1989.
• Frequency increased to every 20-minutes.
• Frequency increased to every 15-minutes.
• Frequency reduced to every 30-minutes with the introduction of Service 44A inter-worked with Service 44 to provide a 15-minute frequency of certain parts of the route.

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Operators

• Service introduced by Midland Red West Limited in 1989.
• Company renamed to First Midland Red Buses Limited on 26^th March 1999, as a subsidiary of FirstGroup plc.

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Operating depots

• Worcester depot.
• Hereford depot.
  Temporally operated certain journeys during 2004/5 to cover staff shortages at Worcester depot.

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Vehicles used

• Service introduced using Leyland National and Mercedes-Benz L608D vehicles.
• Dennis Lance from August 1995.
• Mercedes-Benz 0.814 Vario replaced older minibuses in 1998.
• Alexander-Dennis Enviro 300 from June 2005.
• Volvo B7 used in 2006 and early 2007.

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Other Services operating along the 44 Route

1. Service 44A journeys change to Service 44 at Great Malvern and return to Worcester via Barnards Green and Pound Bank.
2. Servcie 46 is now withdrawn, and only operated during the evenings.
3. From October 1976, Service 144 only operated between Worcester and The Malvern on Sundays.
4. Services 363 & 364 are now withdrawn.

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