Service 348: Service History
Service 348 (1982–1986)
Operated by Midland Red (West) Limited
On Saturday 20th March 1982, Midland Red (West) Limited revised their services in the Malvern Area and numbered them into the 341–349 range, in line with Service 344 which was the established main route between Worcester and The Malverns. At this time, Service M7 and Service M8 operating between Great Malvern, Colwall Green and Ledbury, were renumbered to Service 347 and Service 348.
Service M8 had started and finished at Malvern Wells, but this section of the route was not carried over to new Service 348, which started and finished in Great Malvern. Like Service M7, new Service 347 ran direct between Great Malvern and Wyche Cutting, but the majority of journeys to Ledbury ran as Service 348 via West Malvern.
The two routes were last operated by Midland Red (West) Limited on Saturday 31st May 1986 when they were withdrawn, probably in preparation to deregulation of the bus industry later that year. They were replaced by new Service 675 operated by Newbury Coaches (Powell) of Ledbury, starting on Monday 2nd June 1986, which initially ran over the same route as withdrawn Midland Red (West) Service 348.
Route Summary
- Mar 1982–May 1986
- Great Malvern
- West Malvern
- Wyche Cutting
- Colwall Stone
- Colwall Green
- Ledbury
| 3 | 4 | 8 |
Timetable Archive
| Spring | 1983 | Great Malvern ↔ West Malvern ↔ Colwall Green ↔ Ledbury | |
| November | 1985 | Great Malvern ↔ West Malvern ↔ Colwall Green ↔ Ledbury | Withdrawn May 1986 |