Changes to be made to Wrexham bus services from next month

Arriva has just recently confirmed that both Wrexham and Flintshire will not face any bus cuts despite changes in funding.

A Bus Emergency Scheme was put in place by the Welsh Government during the Covid-19 pandemic when passenger numbers plummeted, and funding was recently extended on a temporary basis until June 2023.

Now that has come to an end, fears had been raised over cuts to services.

But, Arriva has confirmed that there will be no cuts to services in Wrexham but there will be timetable revisions to improve punctuality.

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The changes made will include the number 5 bus service between Llangollen and Wrexham and will come into effect from Sunday, September 24.

The Arriva website states that changes will involve:

• Revised intermediates to improve punctuality
• Morning journeys from Llangollen to Wrexham to operate five minutes earlier to improve punctuality 
• The 06:40 Llangollen to Wrexham journey will now be timed to arrive into Wrexham at 07:18 to connect with the 41 Wrexham to Wrexham Industrial estate service departing at 07:25.

Meanwhile, Service 1 (Wrexham to Chester) will now stop at the bus stop on Hoole Way after Chester Railway Station and 11A journeys (Wrexham to Minera) will now operate between Gwynfryn and Coepoeth via Ruthin Road and Minera Hall Road.

Service 42 (Wrexham to Hightown) has also seen its route revised due to customer feedback.

As a result, the service now no longer operates via St Giles Way, Brook Street, Pentre Fellin and Watery Road.

The service will now operate will operate into/from Wrexham via Eagles Meadow as per the route of services 7 and 8.