Tuesday 9 March 2010

Stagecoach Service Changes (April 2010)

Stagecoach have announced changes to their Bus timetables across the City/County from the beginning of April. A complete list of the changes is available here.

Major changes that affect services passing through King's Hedges are:
  • B (New Service*): New service on Monday to Saturday evenings and Sunday daytimes between Orchard Park and Cambridge city centre
  • Citi 1: Change of route between Addenbrooke’s Hospital and Cherry Hinton to serve Queen Edith’s Way instead of Wulfstan Way
  • Citi 2: Change of route between Addenbrooke’s Hospital and Cherry Hinton Road to serve Wulfstan Way instead of Queen Edith’s Way Changes to journeys starting and finishing in Waterbeach
  • Citi 4: Monday to Saturday evening and Sunday journeys between Orchard Park and Cambridge city centre withdrawn. Replacement service B from Orchard Park only. Changes to Monday to Saturday evening journeys between Cambridge city centre and Cambourne X9 service provides hourly service Mon – Sat evenings along Milton Road and a Sunday journey into and out of Cambridge
* - It looks like there was some form of agreement that Stagecoach had to start a Guided Bus service (Hence the new "B" Service) by a specific date in April - this despite the rest of the Guided Busway still not being open!

I am aware that many residents were concerned about the changes to the Citi 4 service along Milton Road but it does look like the changes to the X9 service will make up for at least some of the reduction in the Citi 4. As always let me know of any problems.

On Monday I received a members briefing on the current state of play with the Guided Busway, I'll provide a blog post on that with more details as soon as I can!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yet another service that runs along Milton Road - Bus B - but doesn't stop there. Does the Council really want to encourage the use of public transport?

Anonymous said...

You are always complaining. Typical of those who do not have to deliver the goods.

Andy Pellew said...

The "Bus B" service *seems* to just be something Stagecoach is obligated to do in relation to it's Guided Busway contract. Until the guideway is acutally open it does seem pretty pointless!

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