Service 405: Timetable Changes
25th May 1996
- Service 405 running between Hereford, Pencombe and Bromyard is withdrawn.
3rd September 2017
New Herefordshire contracts (“Village Linksâ€)Show All
From Sunday 3rd September 2017, First Midland Red Buses Limited started operating new services in the Bromyard and Ledbury areas as part of a new 7-year contract won under tendering from Herefordshire Council. First Midland Red market these new services with the brand name “Village Links†and all the routes are advertised in a new 14-page timetable.
- Contract to operate one journey of local Bromyard Service 400 is won. This journey is operated by extending or diverting certain Service 405, Service 482 and Service 672 journeys to run via Winslow Road, and therefore route number 400 is not displayed on vehicles. Other Service 400 journeys are operated by DRM (Bromyard) Limited (“DRM Busâ€).
- Service 405 introduced running one off-peak return journey on Wednesdays only between Cradley, Bishops Frome, Bromyard, Pencombe, Ullingswick, Westhide and Hereford. This service was previously operated by Astons Coaches of Kempsey, and is for a period of one-year only.
3rd December 2017
Minor “Village Links†Network changeShow All
- In an effort to improve reliability, Wednesday-only Service 405 is diverted to run direct along the A465 between Burley Gate and Hereford, no longer serving Westhide or White Stone. The service now runs every second Wednesday, alternating with new Service 404 which runs as a short-working variation of the previous Service 405 route between Bishops Frome and Hereford only.
14th May 2018
“Village Links†network changesShow All
- Temporary Service 404 is withdrawn, and replaced by Service 405 running over the September 2017 route between Bishops Frome, Bromyard, Pencombe and Hereford. All journeys are extended to start and finish in Ledbury, running via Cradley, Buryfileds, Fromes Hill to and from Bishops Frome.