Town's night bus trial to end after four months

A night bus trial in Shrewsbury is to finish after four months and 3,000 passenger journeys.

The service launched in November funded by the Shrewsbury Big Town Plan Partnership, and was then extended until March due to additional funding from the West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner's community fund. The scheme ends on Friday.

Shrewsbury Business Improvement District (BID) said partners would analyse usage and customer feedback to understand where demand was strongest, and what future provision could look like.

This, it said, could be in the form of a further trial, an expanded service or integration into long-term transport plans for the town.

"The data gathered during the trial will directly inform those conversations," said Shrewsbury BID.

"Three thousand-plus journeys is a meaningful number - and the feedback collected alongside it gives Shropshire Council something concrete to work with as they look at long term transport planning for the town."

The service covered three routes, running from Mondays to Saturdays until midnight.

It ran on the N11, N25 and N27 routes, serving all stops on the way to Gains Park, Harlescott and Bayston Hill, as well as additional stops in the town centre and at park and ride locations.

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