BUSES in Bromsgrove will be operating on different hours over the Christmas period.

Today, Christmas Eve, December 24, a reduced Saturday service will be running.

This is apart from Services 90, 93 - certain journeys - 182 and 183 that will operate normal Wednesday timetables.

The 7.50pm 143 service, from Redditch Bus Station to Bromsgrove, and the 8.25pm from Bromsgrove Bus Station to Redditch will not operate.

Last journeys of the 144 service run at 6.20pm from Worcester Bus Station, which is at Bromsgrove at 7.03pm to Birmingham, and then the 8.20pm from Worcester Bus Station operates to Bromsgrove only, 19.50pm from Birmingham, which is at Bromsgrove at 8.38pm to Worcester.

The 6.33pm X3 service from Redditch Bus Station, which is 6.57pm from Bromsgrove to Areley Kings, and the 4.51pm, 5.51pm from Areley Kings, which are 5.58pm, 6.58pm from Bromsgrove to Redditch, will not operate.

On Thursday, December 25, Christmas Day and Friday, December 26 on Boxing Day, no services will be operating.

On Saturday, December 27, the reduced Saturday timetable will operate as normal except the 7.50pm 143 service, from Redditch Bus Station to Bromsgrove, and 8.25pm from Bromsgrove Bus Station to Redditch will not be operating.

On Sunday, December 28, the normal Sunday timetable will be operating.

A Saturday service will be run on Monday, December 29 except for changes to a few services.

The 90 and 93 services, some journeys, will not operate.

The 93 services, Clearway journeys, the 182 and 183 will operate a normal Monday timetable.

The 143 service will be affected. The 7.50pm from Redditch Bus Station to Bromsgrove and the 8.25pm from Bromsgrove Bus Station to Redditch will not operate.

Some of the 144 service journeys will not be operating. These include the 7.15pm, the 9.55 from Worcester Bus Station, the 7.53pm and 8.22pm from Bromsgrove to Birmingham, the 11.15pm Worcester to Bromsgrove, the 8.45pm and 11.20 from Birmingham - which are the 9.33pm and 12.01am on Tuesday, December 30 from Bromsgrove to Worcester.

Details of all the changes are available on Worcestershire County Council's website, worcestershire.gov.uk.

For timetable information and journey planning, call Traveline on 0871 200 22 33.

For printed timetables, call the Worcestershire HUB on 01905 765 765.