New Bus Times

 It seems the T14 service has changed again.

The latest timetable I've seen, shared on Facebook, shows buses leaving Hay for Hereford at 7.24am, 10.24am, 12.24pm and 16.34, with buses coming from Hereford to Hay at 8.35am, 11.35am and 13.35.  The service appears to be split between the T14 and the 914, which runs from Hay to Hereford at 7.27am and from Hereford to Hay at 16.33 and 17.40.

From Brecon to Hay, the times are now 6.47am, 9.45am, 11.45am and 15.55.  From Hay to Brecon the times are 9.41am, 12.41, 14.41 and 18.46.

The early bus is meant for College students, though there is a complaint on the Dorstone Forum on Facebook that when the times changed (to 7.24am) on Monday, there had been no advance warning, so College students missed the bus on Monday morning.  There is also some concern that College students are being abandoned in Hereford on Wednesdays, when they need to get home at lunchtime.  Sixth Form College finishes at 1.30pm, which gives the students five minutes to get to the bus stop!

The 16.33 service is also supposed to be only for College students.

Also on the Dorstone Forum, Roderick Williams is campaigning for a return to a pre-Covid bus service.  He lives in Talgarth, and pointed out that the service to Brecon introduced during Lockdown only gave 55 minutes in Brecon before the bus passenger had to return home.  This has now been changed so that a bus passenger can get to Brecon and spend several hours there.  He's also provided links to https://bususers.org/ which provides information, lobbies for more accessible bus services, and helps with complaints.

Stagecoach, which runs the service, have said that they are concentrating their resources on the South East of Wales, where the need is greatest, but that doesn't really help those of us who live in more sparsely populated areas.

Mandy James on the Peterchurch Forum on Facebook is also campaigning for a better bus service.  She points out that some people who work in Hereford have had difficulties in getting home in the evening, when the last bus was at 4.30pm.