Service 304: Timetable Changes
30th August 1986
Worcester Citibus Network changesShow All
- “Midland Express†Service X73 (Wolverhampton, Worcester, Gloucester and Bristol), and the Wolverhampton, Stourbridge and Kidderminster section of Service 303 are withdrawn after the end of operations on Friday 29th August 1986. From the following day, Service 303 runs only between Worcester, Ombersley and Kidderminster, inter-worked with new Service 304.
21st February 1987
- Service 304 journey at 17:25 from Worcester to Kidderminster is withdrawn and replaced with a Service 303 journey, departing at 17:35 and arriving in Kidderminster at 18:20.
26th April 1987
- Service 326 is withdrawn and replaced by additional Service X93 or Service 304 journeys.
27th August 1989
- Service 304 (Worcester, Hallow, Ombersley and Kidderminster) is withdrawn and replaced by extending Service X94 to Worcester.
20th July 1991
- “Midland Express†Service X94 is withdrawn. The Worcester to Kidderminster section of the route is replaced by reinstating Service 304.
28th August 1993
- Hereford & Worcester County Council contract to operate Service 303 and Service 304 (Worcester, Ombersley and Kidderminster) is won by Stevensons of Uttoxeter Limited. Midland Red West Limited continue to operate certain peak-time journeys between Worcester and Kidderminster, plus a small number of short-working journeys between Worcester and Ombersley during the off-peak period.
3rd September 2000
- Daytime Service 304 journeys are withdrawn. The Kidderminster to Ombersley section of the route is partly replaced with additional Service 303 journeys. The Worcester to Holt Fleet section of the route is partly replaced by additional journeys on Service 758 operated by Yarranton Brothers.
- Service 303 and Service 304 no longer serve The Hamptons in Ombersley.
- Service 303 and Service 304 journeys are operated using new Dennis Dart SLF vehicles with route branding for 303 “easyLINK†service.
- New Service 303 and Service 304 timetable with an overall frequency of one bus every hours running between Worcester, Ombersley and Kidderminster.
2nd September 2001
- Service 304 Ombersley to Worcester journey departing at 09:02 is withdrawn.
- Service 304 Kidderminster to Worcester journey departing at 22:10 is withdrawn.
- Service 304 Worcester to Kidderminster journey departing at 23:15 is withdrawn.
7th April 2002
County Council contracts endShow All
At the end of services on Sunday 7th April 2002 a number of contracts operated by First Midland Red Buses Limited for Worcestershire County Council came to an end after being lost in during re-tendering. At the same time, a number of minor timetables changes were also introduced on other services.
- The contract for Service 303 and Service 304 is passed to Probus Management Limited (trading as Pete’s Travel) who operate these services from Monday 8th April 2002.
1st September 2003
County Council contracts changesShow All
First Midland Red Buses Limited won several new contracts from Worcestershire County Council. Most of these were previously operated by Probus Management Limited (trading as Pete’s Travel), who withdrew from all of their contract work in Worcestershire at this time. Other contracts were won or lost from Herefordshire County Council.
- Service 304 is re-introduced as a variation of Service 303, with one journey only in each direction in the evenings.
30th May 2004
- Service 304 is withdrawn and partly replaced by additional journeys on Service 303.