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Infrastructure Delivery Plan (Feb 2013) - Runnymede Borough Council

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<strong>Borough</strong> is presented in Table 16 below. Rowtown, Byfleet, Woodham, Thorpe and<br />

Virginia Water appear to not benefit from bus services on a Sunday. Lyne is only<br />

served by a bus service on weekdays. Other areas of the <strong>Borough</strong> have a lack of<br />

choice of services for example New Haw, although the service which runs through New<br />

Haw runs 7 days a week and on public holidays. Evening services do not generally run<br />

after 8pm although some services end earlier than this.<br />

6.79 Local bus services were last reviewed in the <strong>Borough</strong> by Surrey County <strong>Council</strong> in<br />

2009. Currently, Surrey County <strong>Council</strong> subsidises three out of four of the 250 services<br />

in Surrey because they are not commercially viable for bus operators.<br />

6.80 In addition to the commercial services which serve the <strong>Borough</strong>, the Peterbus runs on 4<br />

different routes (three of which run through the <strong>Borough</strong>) at regular times Mondays to<br />

Fridays inclusive. These buses take passengers to and from St Peter’s Hospital to/from<br />

various places within and outside the <strong>Borough</strong>.<br />

Table 10 - Bus Timetable Information<br />

Area<br />

Weekday<br />

services<br />

Saturday<br />

service<br />

Sunday<br />

service<br />

Bank holiday<br />

service<br />

Addlestone 51, 446, 461 51, 446, 461 446, 461 446<br />

Rowtown 456, 593 459 No No<br />

Ottershaw 446, 461, 557,<br />

593<br />

446, 461, 557 446, 461 446<br />

New Haw 446 446 446 446<br />

Byfleet 51 51 No No<br />

Woodham 459, 593 459 No No<br />

Lyne 593 No No No<br />

Chertsey 51, 446, 557, 593 51, 446, 557 446 446<br />

Thorpe 566/567 566/567 No No<br />

Egham Hythe 71, 441 71, 441 71, 441 71<br />

Pooley Green 71, 441 71, 441 71, 441 71<br />

Virginia Water 500, 566/567 500, 566/567 No No<br />

Englefield<br />

Green<br />

Egham 51, 71, 441, 500,<br />

566/567<br />

71, 441 71, 441 71, 441 71<br />

51, 71, 441,<br />

500, 566/567<br />

Information obtained from the Surrey County <strong>Council</strong> website<br />

71, 441 71<br />

6.81 The <strong>Runnymede</strong> Business Partnership Yellow School Bus scheme operated by First<br />

Group was introduced in the <strong>Borough</strong> in <strong>Feb</strong>ruary 2002 as part of the wider<br />

<strong>Runnymede</strong> School Travel Initiative (RSTI). This scheme aims to reduce traffic<br />

congestion in the <strong>Borough</strong> and provide a safe journey to school for children. The<br />

scheme started with four buses carrying 120 students. It was estimated in 2003 that the<br />

buses were saving approximately 150,000 car journeys per year 27 . Given the strong<br />

demand, since introduction, the number of buses operated as part of the scheme has<br />

risen to seven.<br />

27<br />

Evaluation of Yellow Bus pilots, Steer Davies Gleave, 2003.<br />

Page | 66<br />

<strong>Runnymede</strong> IDP DRAFT – <strong>Feb</strong>ruary <strong>2013</strong>

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