Infrastructure Delivery Plan (Feb 2013) - Runnymede Borough Council
Infrastructure Delivery Plan (Feb 2013) - Runnymede Borough Council
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 />
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