32 Gloucester–Ross-on-Wye

32
Stagecoach West 15874 leaving Gloucester Bus Station
Overview
Operator	Stagecoach West
Garage	Gloucester
Vehicle	Enviro 400
Route
Start	Gloucester
Via	Highnam
End	Newent

The number 32 is a bus route that operates from Gloucester to Newent, with some journeys continuing to Ross-on-Wye. It is run on a commercial basis.[1]

The route previously continued to Ross-on-Wye or Ledbury on alternating hours. The Gloucester–Ledbury services were numbered 132, but shared the same route as the 32 between Gloucester and Newent.[2][3] In January 2022, it was announced that the extensions to Ledbury would be withdrawn along with most extensions to Ross-on-Wye, leaving an hourly 32 service between Gloucester and Newent with two journeys per day extended to Ross-on-Wye.[4]

On 28 January 2022, two students from John Kyrle High School started a petition for the routes to be retained and received around 1,000 signatures.[5][6] However, Herefordshire Council stated that it was unlikely the route could be retained as the subsidy required would be a quarter of the council's bus subsidy budget.[1]

The changes to the routes were scheduled to come into effect on 27 February 2022.[7]

References

1. Tanner, Bill (3 February 2022). "Axed rural bus service "unlikely" to be saved". GloucestershireLive. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
2. Port, Samuel (7 August 2019). "Stagecoach make changes to buses in the Forest of Dean". GloucestershireLive. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
3. "Routes 32 and 132 timetable". Stagecoach. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
4. Wilkinson-Jones, Phil (28 January 2022). "Newent to Ledbury bus service to be axed next month". Ledbury Reporter. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
5. Hartland, Nick (8 February 2022). "1,000 sign petition to 'Save Our Bus'". The Ross Gazette. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
6. Thomas, James (5 February 2022). "Herefordshire teenagers' petition to stop bus service cuts". Hereford Times. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
7. Garcia, Carmelo (14 February 2022). "Loss of bus link deprives children of school transport". GloucestershireLive. Retrieved 14 February 2022.