When the Guided Bus finally starts running (scheduled on the 7th August) Milton Road will get a new bus service. Whippet coaches have agreed that their hourly service along Milton Road will stop at the Arbury Road/Union Lane junction.
The Monday to Saturday services will start at 0816 and run until 1816 southbound taking 10 minutes to get to the city centre and a further 9 to the railway station where they will stop. Northbound, the buses will stop every hour from 1003 until 1903 taking 5 minutes to get to the Science Park and a further 20 to get to St Ives via Histon, Oakington, Longstanton and Swavesey. On Sundays, services are every 2-3 hours starting after 10am and finishing before 7pm.
Click here for the whippet timetable.
Earlier today, Cllr Kevin Wilkins met Peter Lee, the Director of Whippet Coaches to welcome the news and discuss details. Mr Lee agreed that Whippet buses would stop at any stop along Milton Road not just Union Lane. This is very welcome news – but County Council officials are believed to be unhappy about this!
All the buses (with green, euro 5 engines) will show up on the real-time information signs at the bus stops and on various mobile phone apps.
Cross-company tickets will be available so that passengers wishing to transfer to a Stagecoach bus for example in the city centre will be able to do so.
Despite repeated requests, Stagecoach have no plans to follow suit with stops on Milton Road.
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