Services Disruption

Service Update Ludlow

 435. 701, 722, 702, 703, 740, 738, 745 services

Please note that the above service will not serve Corve Street or the square tomorrow, Friday 10th October, due to a Seven Trent road closure on Old Street in Ludlow.

The services will operate to and from Tesco only until further notice.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused and thank you for your understanding.

740

29th Oct to 4th November 2025

The B4367 between Hopton Heath and Clungunford will be closed

between 09:30 to 15:00 on above dates.

740 will not run to Hopton Heath or Clungunford on the times and dates above. 

435

20th to 24th October 2025

Weeping Cross Lane in Ludlow will be Closed.

Due to this the 435 can not use the Compasses Inn bus stop on Corve Street. We will be using the Tesco stop on Station Dr Ludlow, on the dates above.

702-703

20th to 24th October 2025

Weeping Cross Lane will be Closed

The 702 will not serve Weeping Cross Lane,

Temeside, Steventon New Rd and Old Street.

The Concert Coach Winter/Spring Programme 2026

Ticket Information

Choir and Upper Circle seats are always listed when available. If they’re not shown, it’s because they are not for sale.

9. Thursday 15 January, 5:25 pm (Abbey pickup)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

• Mahler: Blumine

• Dai Fujikura: Vast Ocean II (UK premiere, 20 mins)

• Mahler: Symphony No.1

Conductor: Kazuki Yamada
Venue: Symphony Hall

SeatingPriceCircle£64.00Circle Ledge£64.00Upper Circle£54.00Rear Stalls£44.00Side Stalls£33.00Choir£33.00

Blumine was originally a movement of Mahler’s First Symphony, discarded and rediscovered in 1966. Benjamin Britten gave its first modern performance. Dai Fujikura’s Vast Ocean II receives its UK premiere here. If Mahler’s First once felt unprecedented, perhaps Fujikura’s new work will evoke that same sense of discovery today.

10. Thursday 19 February, 5:25 pm (Abbey pickup)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

• Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3 (with newly composed 2nd movement)

• Haydn: Nelson Mass

Conductor: Omer Meir Welber
Piano Soloist: Sir Stephen Hough
Tenor: Luis Gomes
Bass: Stefan Cerny
Venue: Symphony Hall

SeatingPriceCircle£64.00Circle Ledge£64.00Upper Circle£54.00Rear Stalls£44.00Centre Stalls (rows F, G)£44.00Side Stalls£44.00

When Beethoven’s Third Concerto premiered in 1803, he was still known mainly as a virtuoso. In this performance, its second movement is replaced by a new piece, Con gran espressione, composed by Stephen Hough and inspired by Beethoven. Omer Meir Welber then directs Haydn’s Mass for Troubled Times—later nicknamed the Nelson Mass after news of Nelson’s victory at the Nile reached Vienna.

11. Wednesday 4 March, 5:25 pm (Abbey pickup)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

• Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture

• Mozart: Piano Concerto No.23 in A major, K488

• Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade (Symphonic Suite)

Conductor: Kazuki Yamada
Piano Soloist: Steven Osborne
Venue: Symphony Hall

SeatingPriceCircle£64.00Circle Ledge£64.00Upper Circle£54.00Rear Stalls£44.00Side Stalls£44.00Choir£33.00

This annual CBSO Benevolent Fund concert supports former players and staff. Mozart’s poignant and charming concerto sits between two dazzling examples of Romantic orchestration.

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12. Thursday 9 April, 5:25 pm (Abbey pickup)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

• Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber

• Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

• Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra

Conductor: Kazuki Yamada
Piano Soloist: Nelson Goerner
Venue: Symphony Hall

SeatingPriceCircle£64.00Circle Ledge£64.00Upper Circle£54.00Rear Stalls£44.00Side Stalls£44.00Choir£33.00Under-18s (any seat)£17.00*

*For this event, under-18s only pay the coach fare – Nick and Judith will buy their concert ticket. As it falls in the school holidays, we hope to see many young people on the coach.

Both Hindemith and Bartók wrote these 1943 masterpieces while in exile in the USA. Symphonic Metamorphosis is anything but dry; Concerto for Orchestra recalls Bartók’s Central European roots. Between them, Rachmaninov’s famous Rhapsody takes Paganini’s theme to entirely new places.

13. Wednesday 15 April, 5:25 pm (Abbey pickup)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

• Puccini (arr. Rizzi): Tosca – Symphonic Suite

• Respighi: Il Tramonto (Sunset), lyric poem for mezzo-soprano and strings

• Puccini (arr. Rizzi): Madam Butterfly – Symphonic Suite

• Respighi: The Pines of Rome

Conductor: Carlo Rizzi
Mezzo-soprano: Fleur Barron
Venue: Symphony Hall

SeatingPriceCircle£64.00Circle Ledge£64.00Rear Stalls£44.00Centre Stalls (rows L, M)£44.00Side Stalls£33.00

Carlo Rizzi takes us on a musical journey to Rome. We hear his own symphonic suites from Puccini’s operas, Respighi’s intimate Il Tramonto, and then the full orchestral splendour of The Pines of Rome, culminating in its triumphant Appian Way procession.

14. Thursday 23 April, 5:25 pm (Abbey pickup)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

• Purcell: Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary

• Brahms: A German Requiem

Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth
Soprano: Sophie Bevan
Baritone: Gareth Brynmore John
Venue: Symphony Hall

SeatingPriceCircle£64.00Circle Ledge£64.00Upper Circle£54.00Rear Stalls£44.00Centre Stalls (rows F, G)£44.00Side Stalls£33.00

Brahms once said he would gladly have called this work A Human Requiem—a piece of universal consolation rather than liturgy. Purcell’s Funeral Music, written in 1695 for Queen Mary’s funeral, was partly reused for his own later that year.

15. Wednesday 29 April, 12:15 pm (Abbey pickup)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

• Brahms: Violin Concerto

• Rachmaninov: Symphony No.1

Conductor: Stanislav Kochanovsky
Violin Soloist: Ning Feng
Venue: Symphony Hall

SeatingPriceCircle£64.00Circle Ledge£64.00Upper Circle£54.00Rear Stalls£44.00Side Stalls£33.00Choir£33.00

Brahms’s Violin Concerto is one of the “Big Four” German concertos, according to Joseph Joachim. Reviews suggest tonight’s soloist will do it full justice. Rachmaninov’s First Symphony, whose disastrous 1897 premiere led to its loss, was reconstructed in 1944 and revealed as a powerful and dramatic work.

Services Changed

The 552/553 service timetable has been amended.

The new timetable starts on 4th November 2024.

This amendment affects only the Monday to Friday 553 Service starting from Bishop's Castle at 7.30 am and the Monday to Friday 552 Service starting from Stiperstones at 7.50 am.

552/553 Bishop's Castle To Shrewsbury (Mon-Fri)

Carriage of Dogs and Small Animals Policy

We welcome Assistance Dogs of any size on all of our services free of charge, at any time. This includes both Assistance Dogs accompanying a registered disabled person and those being trained by an accredited trainer carrying valid identification.

For all other animals, the following applies:

• Dogs:
  • Only one dog per passenger is permitted allowing up to two dogs being permitted on board at any one time, and only at the driver’s discretion.
  • Dogs must be on a lead at all times and muzzled where required under the Dangerous Dogs Act or equivalent legislation, or if they are likely to be dangerous.
  • Dogs must remain on the floor and must not be allowed to sit on seats.
• Other Small Pets:
  • Small pets may travel if they are secured in a suitable cage or box that can be safely stowed in the luggage pen or comfortably carried on the passenger’s lap.
  • Pets must not obstruct the gangway or be placed on seats.
• Passenger Responsibility:
  • Customers are responsible for the behaviour of their animals at all times.
  • Animals must not cause a nuisance or inconvenience to other passengers.
  • Customers may be asked to leave the vehicle if their animal is disruptive, aggressive, or not safely under control.
  • Cleaning or repair charges may apply if an animal soils or damages the vehicle.

We cannot be held liable for any inconvenience or loss caused if a customer is refused travel or asked to leave due to failure to comply with this policy.

New Services

We are pleased to announce a new service running between Cardington and Shrewsbury on college days

540 Cardington - Shrewsbury (College Days ONLY)

540 Shrewsbury - Cardington (College Days ONLY)

We are pleased to announce a new service running between Wall and Shrewsbury on Saturdays

540 Wall - Shrewsbury (Saturdays ONLY)

540 Shrewsbury - Wall (Saturdays ONLY)