From January, bus passengers across most of England will pay no more than £2 for a single journey. In parts of Herefordshire, unless two local operators change course, they won’t. Picture two young people starting their first jobs in Hereford this January. One travels in from Ross-on-Wye or Ledbury on a Stagecoach or DRM bus: … Read more
As we head into the new school year, some new passengers on the school run will be shocked to find they may have to stand for all or part of their journey. Some will go home and tell their parents that the bus is too crowded, too unsafe, too tiring, and that really the taxi … Read more
Friday 14th June will see a timetable update for the 232 Daffodil Line bus service, with an earlier morning departure from Ledbury aimed at delivering a more punctual school run for John Masefield pupils.
Though it’s only a little over six months since the new Daffodil Line Bus service started running back in April we are already busy planning for year two. Before we commit to another year of bus service, and ask councils for a little financial support towards that, we need to take a closer look at how things are going so far.
New 232 Daffodil Line timetable which comes into operation from 2nd July 2023. The timetable has only minor changes, and still offers a service every 2 hours between Ross-on-Wye, Newent and Ledbury, 7 days a week, including Friday and Saturday evenings. The small adjustments made should ensure more reliability and better punctuality.
The new 232 Daffodil Line has many things going for it, but so far perfect punctuality hasn’t been one of them. If you’re wondering why the bus is so often late and what we are planning to do to fix that, read on.
Timetable for the 232 Daffodil Line Ledbury – Newent – Ross on Wye. service every 2 hours, 7 days a week.
We’d like to say a huge “Thank You” to everyone who made our first day on the Daffodil Line so much fun, and to everyone who has worked so hard to make this happen. Support from all the communities along the line was outstanding, And when the 10.55 left Newent for ross we were standing room only.
We are equal parts excited and nervous now that we are finally at launch day for the 232 Daffodil Line. Sunday 2nd of April is Daffodil Line Day and we hope that you will be able to join the mayors of our towns in sending the bus off on its first day.
Here it is! Sorry about the delay in getting this out – we only got the final, final sign-off this morning. Paper versions will be widely available next week. We’ll be reviewing as we go along, to see what’s working and what isn’t and there will be room for tweaks and improvements as we go. … Read more
Just because we now have a start date of 2nd of April for the Daffodil Line doesn’t mean the fundraising stops – far from it. Like any good parents, we have to make sure our “new arrival” has all the support it needs to thrive. So we’re very thankful for a pledge of support from Newent’s new foodie destination, the Wye Inn.
We are delighted to announce that the contract for operation of the new 232 Daffodil Line bus service has been awarded to local operator DRM Bus and the new service will start on Sunday 2nd April.
We are now in the final stages of our Start-Up fundraising for the new 232 Daffodil Line bus service between Ross-on-Wye, Newent, and Ledbury, and we hope to have the service on the road in time for Easter. This week we’ve received pledges of financial support from Dymock and Linton Parish councils – thank you! … Read more
What can we say but a huge “Thank You” to Adam Munthe and the team at Hellens Manor for this amazing pledge of support for our bus campaign. In a very bleak and dismal December, it truly does feel as though Christmas has arrived a little early.
Today we would like to say a huge “Thank You” to Ross-on-Wye Town Council who have voted to support us in our campaign to restore regular bus services between Ross, Newent and Ledbury.
We are delighted to have received a donation of £5,000 towards our campaign to restore a regular bus service between Ross-on-Wye, Newent and Ledbury. The Malvern Bookshop, based in Abbey Road, Great Malvern specialises in antiquarian and quality second-hand books. Although the bookshop is not directly on the route, proprietor Rosie Pothecary explained why the … Read more
Ross Town Council will be deciding on whether to support our new bus service on Monday 10th October at 7pm at the Corn Exchange in the town centre. There is an opportunity for the public to speak at the start of the meeting and, as this is a big decision and quite an unusual one … Read more
Although fundraising for our new bus service is our main focus right now as we get nearer to our target we are starting to do some work on the practicalities and logistics of the bus service, And the more we listen to feedback the more ways we are finding of making the new service better … Read more
