AROUND half of this afternoon's trains between Worcester and Hereford have been cancelled. 

West Midlands Railway has confirmed its services to and from Birmingham New Street and Hereford via Worcester Foregate Street and Worcester Shrub Hill will be hit by a shortage of train crew. 

This disruption will also hit those travelling from Bromsgrove, Droitwich Spa, Malvern Link, Great Malvern and Ledbury. 

The 11.34am service has already been cancelled due to the crew shortage, as has the 1.24pm train to Birmingham New Street. 

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Currently, the next service to be cancelled is the 2.58pm train, although this may be subject to change. 

Every service originally due to leave Worcester Foregate Street at 58 minutes past the hour will be cancelled from that point onwards. 

The 9.02pm and 10.22pm services going to Hereford from Worcester will also be cancelled. 

West Midlands Railway has confirmed there will be a rail replacement bus for these services.

However, the buses are set to take around 1 hour and 45 minutes to travel between Worcester and Hereford- around an hour longer than a train would.

The 3.34pm, 4.34pm and 5.34pm services from Worcester to Hereford have also been cancelled without a rail replacement bus.

The 3.24pm, 5.24pm, 6.24pm and 7.34pm services going from Worcester to Birmingham New Street have also been cancelled. 

There are currently no plans for a rail replacement bus travelling from Worcester to Birmingham. 

 

A West Midlands Railway spokesperson apologised for any inconvenience caused by the disruption.