32 Gloucester–Ross-on-Wye

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]

32
Stagecoach West 15874 leaving Gloucester Bus Station
Overview
Operator	Stagecoach West
Garage	Gloucester
Vehicle	Enviro 400
Route
Start	Gloucester
Via	Highnam
End	Newent
Route map Legend Gloucester Transport Hub | St. Oswald's Priory | Gloucester Quays  351  to Gloucester via Kingsholm Gloucester to Newport railway line  351  to Tewkesbury via Corse & Staunton River Severn Over Farm Market  22   23  to Coleford 22 via Cinderford 23 via Lydney  24  to Coleford  33  to Hereford Highnam village store Rudford Highleadon turn | Trioscape Garden Centre Malswick Services terminating at Newent run via B4215 Newent Bypass Newent  232  DRM Bus Daffodil Line  83x  Services to Newent School Newent to Ross-on-Wye section 32: 2 return trips Mon-Fri; 232: 2-hourly, daily  232  to Ledbury via Dymock Kilcot Gorsley Upton Bishop  33  to Gloucester via Mitcheldean John Kyrle High School former Ross-on-Wye station on closed Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway  33  to Hereford 'inbound routes from Walford Ross-on-Wye Cantilupe Road   34   35  to Monmouth 34 via Whitchurch 35 via Coleford  746  to Cinderford  via Lydbrook via Huntley  Key Service 32 route Other bus routes Railways Disused railways This diagram: view talk edit ← {{{previous_line}}}  {{{system_nav}}}  {{{next_line}}} →

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the 32 between Gloucester and Newent.^[2][3] In January 2022, it was announced that the extensions to Ledbury would be withdrawn along with most extensions to Ross-on-Wye, leaving an hourly 32 service between Gloucester and Newent with two journeys per day extended to Ross-on-Wye.^[4]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]

The "Daffodil Line" service 232, operated by DRM Bus, runs between Ross-on-Wye and Ledbury via Newent, serving those parts of the 32 and 132 no longer operated by Stagecoach West.^[8]