On Sunday 15th June 2003, First Midland Red Buses Limited launch a new network of services Hereford, as the Hereford “Overground†network. Existing local area services are withdrawn and replaced with a new network with route numbers in the range 71–76. Many of the new routes operate as cross-city services.
At the end of operation on Saturday 5th September 2015, Hereford depot was closed with all services operated from that site being withdrawn. From the follow day, a number of services operated from Worcester depot were also changed.