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Service 144A: Timetable Changes

3^rd June 2013

Network changesShow All

• Short-working Service 144 journeys running between Worcester and Catshill are renumbered to new Service 144A. These journeys now run via Webbs of Wychbold grounds in both directions.

31^st August 2014

Network changesShow All

• New Service 147 is introduced, running an hourly daytime frequency, Mondays to Saturdays, between Worcester, Bromsgrove and Halesowen. The service replaces a number of Service 144A journeys as an extension to that route, operating over the same route between Worcester and Bromsgrove, then running via Sidemoor, Catshill, Wildmoor, Romsley, Mucklow Hill to Halesowen. The service is intended to partly replace Service 007 run by Central Buses, which is withdrawn at this time.

6^th September 2015

Hereford depot closedShow All

At the end of operation on Saturday 5^th September 2015, Hereford depot was closed with all services operated from that site being withdrawn. From the follow day, a number of services operated from Worcester depot were also changed.

• New Service 147 timetable, maintaining an hourly-frequency on the full route Monday to Saturday, and a 15-minute frequency between Worcester and Catshill when inter-worked with Service 144 and Service 144A.

10^th April 2016

Network changesShow All

From Sunday 10^th April 2016, First Midland Red Buses Limited introduced a number of service cuts.

• Service 147 is withdrawn due to low patronage, and partly replaced between Worcester and Bromsgrove by additional journeys on Service 144A.
• Service 144A is re-routed to replace the Sidemoor section of Service 147 between Bromsgrove Bus Station and Catshill, increasing the frequency to every 30-minutes along that section of the route. Princess of Wales Hospital is no-longer served.
• New timetable Service 144 and Service 144A with minor adjustments to running times and additional Service 144A journeys to partly replace withdrawn Service 147. Each service is operated every 30-minutes in each direction, inter-worked to give a 15-minute frequency between Worcester, Droitwich Spa and Bromsgrove.

4^th September 2016

Network changesShow All

Revisions are made to certain services in the Worcester area from Sunday 4^th September 2016.

• New timetable for Service 144 and Service 144A introduced. Stopping places in Birmingham are revised with some historic bus stops being removed and new ones added. A list of stops is shown inside the back page of a new Service 144/144A timetable book.

15^th October 2017

Network changesShow All

On Sunday 15^th October 2017, First Midland Red Buses Limited revise most of their services, with minor changes in the Worcester City Area and on Service 144 and Service 144A, and a new network of services for Pershore and Evesham areas, and for Malvern area.

• Minor timetable changes to Service 144 and Service 144A.

9^th June 2018

“Salt Road” launchShow All

On Saturday 9^th June 2018, First Midland Red Buses Limited rebranded their Worcester, Bromsgrove, and Birmingham services to “Satl Road”, using vehicles in overall green livery.

• New timetable for Service 144 and Service 144A, which are both now rebranded as “Salt Road”.

1^st May 2022

Major Service CutsShow All

To quote the First Worcester website... “The covid pandemic has had a significant impact on bus patronage nationally, our habits and way-of-life have changed immeasurably. We're making changes to our services in accordance with how and when people are travelling across the working week and at weekends.”

• The Catshill to Birmingham section of Service 144 is withdrawn by First Worcester. The Service 144A route number is retired by First and all their journeys now run as Service 144. With funding from Worcestershire County Council and Centro, National Express West Midlands operate their Service 144A between Bromsgrove, Rubery, and Longbridge Rail Station, starting on Tuesday 3^rd May 2022, with a 70-minute frequency.