The bus fleet operating in Swindon has been reduced over the last few years with routes and services being cutback, amalgamated or lost altogether from the timetable. Roadworks and traffic delays also impact on the efficient and convenient running of our bus service. I pledge I will defend public transport. The bus fleet operating in Swindon has been reduced over the last few years with routes and services being cutback, amalgamated or lost altogether from the timetable. Roadworks and traffic…
The Labour Group’s Lead Member for Transport, Councillor Julian Price, has urged Swindon Council’s Conservative administration to “rethink” their new plans to further change Swindon’s road network. The Labour Group’s Lead Member for Transport, Councillor Julian Price, has urged Swindon Council’s Conservative administration to “rethink” their new plans to further change Swindon’s road network. Following the changes to the Whalebridge junction in 2011, Swindon Council together with Forward Swindon and the MUSE developers, plan to make Fleming Way a Busses-only…
Thamesdown Transport have told Councillors that the number 22 bus service will have a half-hourly evening service introduced from January 5th and the last bus from Fleming Way to Okus will be at 2319.This service will be subsidised by Swindon Borough Council after the Council agreed to have as a priority for financial support evening and Sunday services. Thamesdown Transport have told Councillors that the number 22 bus service will have a half-hourly evening service introduced from January 5th and…
Thamesdown Transport have provided a summary of their commercial bus service changes which they are introducing from 2 September 2013. Thamesdown Transport have provided a summary of their commercial bus service changes which they are introducing from 2 September 2013. Service 12 Revised to run between St Andrews Ridge, Fleming Way, Old Town, Lawn and the GWH every 30 minutes, via Abbey Meads, Haydon Wick, Haydon End, Wood Hall, Akers Way and Northern Road, rather than Greenmeadow and Pinehurst. Service…
Along many the residents who have raised this issue with us In Liden, we welcome the news that civil enforcement with cameras are going to be introduced on bus lanes and at bus gates.
At Full Council on 21 February Nadine Watts, Ward Councillor for Old Town, supported Old Town residents views of the importance of the number 22 bus service. Nadine said "Bus number 22 is relied upon by many local residents in Old Town. Any proposed cuts to the bus subsidy would have an adverse effect on its users and in particular the elderly. It is also vital for the businesses in Old Town to be well served by public transport".
It is with great disappointment that I have to report that Swindon’s Conservative Councillors, backed up by Liberal Democrat Councillors on Swindon Council, voted against Labour’s alternative budget that would have ensured more potholes would have been fixed; more apprenticeships created; and would have prevented cuts to Dial a Ride, Children’s Centres and bus subsidies.
In the 2013 budget proposal, the Conservative administration have put forward cutting the subsidy for the No 22 bus. The Labour group have tabled alternative savings that reverse this and help safeguard the service. Cllr Nadine Watts states that “The managing director of Stagecoach (South West), has criticised the Conservative group approach to bus services, highlighting challenges Swindon’s bus operators’ will face without Council or government support. It is suggested that, as bus services do not always provide visible outcomes,…
The Managing Director of Stagecoach in the South West, Ian Manning, has written to all Councillors in Swindon, criticising the Conservative administration’s approach to public transport and in particular, bus services. He also urges them to vote against the Conservative administration’s proposed bus subsidy cuts and their bus strategy. Councillor Watts is a Ward Councillor in the Old Town Ward, of which the Council subsidised number 22, 25 and 71 bus services currently pass through (either through Okus or on…
On 17th October 2012 Swindon Borough Council approved draft strategy that will set the foundations of a a new local Bus Strategy for Swindon. The Council authorised the Head of Highways and Transport to consult with interested parties on the draft strategy. You can download the Local Bus Strategy for Swindon Consultation (PDF 25Kb) and complete the online survey on the Swindon Borough Council Local Bus Strategy Questionnaire page.
In January 2013 there will be significant changes to bus services provided by Thamesdown Transport to the Great Western Hospital, which will have an effect on the local bus network. Most of the bus services to the Great Western Hospital are currently provided by Thamesdown Transport and a number of these services have been supported by Section 106 Planning Agreement funding that is managed by Swindon Borough Council. Over the years the bus services have been revised to form the…