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From Sunday 26 September onwards, a number of services will have changes made to their regular timetable slots.

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First Bus has announced a series of service changes. Picture: Bruce Rollinson

As reported in a recent West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s Transport Committee meeting, the region is currently short of around 250 drivers – roughly 10 percent of their workforce.

The list of First Bus service changes from Sunday onwards are as follows:

Service 1/1B - Monday to Friday services are switching from every 7/8 minutes to every 10, while they will switch from every 10 minutes to every 12 on Saturdays.

Service 2 - The weekday frequency will reduce from every 10 minutes to every 12.

Service 3/3A - The weekday frequency will reduce from every 10 minutes to every 12.

Service 4/4F - The weekday frequency will reduce from every 10 minutes to every 12, although the Saturday service will remain unchanged.

Service 5/5A - The frequency will change from every 10 to every 12 minutes all week long.

Service 12 - The weekday frequency will reduce from every 10 minutes to every 12.

Service 13/13A - The weekday frequency will reduce from every 10 minutes to every 12.

Service 33 and 34 - Buses between Leeds and Yeadon will reduce from five services an hour to four, meaning waits of 15 minutes between services.

Service 42 - The frequency will be switching from every 12 minutes to every 15 throughout the week.

Service 49 - The weekday frequency will reduce from every 10 minutes to every 12, although the Saturday service will remain unchanged.

Service 56 - The weekday frequency will reduce from every 10 minutes to every 12, although the Saturday service will remain unchanged.

Service X84 - The service connecting Leeds and Otley will continue its combined 30 minute service Monday through to Saturday, with the frequency between Leeds and Ilkley remaining unchanged.

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First Bus service changes: All the routes with less frequent services due to driver shortages