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leedslad82

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Asda and m &s part fund the 14 from Leeds and 714 from Bradford to the owlcotes centre. They are removing the subsidy So the 14 is reducing to only a couple of services a day extending from pudsey to the owlcotes centre and the 714 is going altogether.
 
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Not an ASDA bus per se (although there was a store on the retail park), but I remember Midland Fox ran a free FoxCub service between Hinckley Bus Station - Hinckley Leicester Road - Barwell Top Town / Square - Barwell Shilton Road - Earl Shilton Belle View/ Leicester Road - Earl Shilton The Hollow - Earl Shilton Church Lane - Desford Crossroads - Fosse Park Retail Park.

Can't remember if it was daily or weekly. Left Barwell at 0930ish and returned from Fosse Park departing around 1230 so didn't give you long.

There were a few of these to Fosse Park M&S - Routes from Coalville, Loughborough, Melton & Market Harborough ring a bell....
 

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Stagecoach Morecambe depot run the 6A from lancaster to morecambe via asda 7 days a week and the timetable changes in september and comes in handy since asda is open 24/7
Well, 0700 Monday - 2200 Saturday and 1000-1600 on Sunday.
 

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What a peculiar website - you choose which service to see based on what day they run, rather than where you want to travel from!
Are you sure this isn't for coach hire? If you click on 'Get a Quote' it asks questions such as 'Number of passengers', 'Special requirements', 'Name of Company/ School/ Organisation'.
Its on every page.
 

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Are you sure this isn't for coach hire? If you click on 'Get a Quote' it asks questions such as 'Number of passengers', 'Special requirements', 'Name of Company/ School/ Organisation'.
Its on every page.

No, on that page it has buttons for each day of the week Monday to Friday.
 

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No, on that page it has buttons for each day of the week Monday to Friday.
Sorry, I thought you were referring to the form on the right.

When your local Sainsburys ran a free bus service, their timetable was presented in the same way. I suppose this format requires very few coding skills and I don't expect they are paid on passenger numbers.
 

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What a peculiar website - you choose which service to see based on what day they run, rather than where you want to travel from!

First time I’ve ever seen a timetable for it though.

I believe CT Plus are taking it over from September
 

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Compass Travel (Sussex) Ltd use to run some Asda shopper buses but these have since been axed, as far as I'm aware they still run the Holmbush Express to the Holmbush centre at Shoreham along with some to the Tesco at Broadbridge Heath and some Sainbury shoppers to Rustington and Chichester too.

Reference to the Compass Bus website suggests that the Broadbridge Heath Tesco bus either no longer runs, or is provided by another operator these days. However, in addition to the routes that you mention, there are also services to Crawley Sainsbury's.
 
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Just picked up a Tesco Bus Leaflet announcing the withdrawal of the bus from Rainworth & Woodhouse to Mansfield Jubilee Extra Store from the 15th August. It then gives a list of all existing other routes and an accompanying map, that pass the store, or other Tesco stores from Rainworth/Woodhouse. No mention of any shoppers bus so presumably that was the last of them!
 

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Interesting to read Tesco cutting some routes, I wonder when the Trowbridge one will happen. We (Chandlers Coach Travel) operate a free Tesco service from various towns on different days in the week, usually a coach from a school diagram, or in the half term we just send the 8 seater minibus on some routes, the Bradford-on-Avon run for example generally carries no more than 4 pax!

Some time ago Tesco removed the timetable from the store and just posted our phone number, as they sent some timetable leaflets to us, but they wont send anymore if we ran out, suggesting that maybe they are planning to axe it or just trying to discourage anyone using it. We do have a passenger number reporting sheet to fill out but despite the constant low numbers I'm surprised they haven't cut it. Theres no 'new' customers on, just the regulars who come out each week, sometimes just getting a couple of items as the free coach is a day out for them (one customer doesn't even go into Tesco's)
 

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Interesting to read Tesco cutting some routes, I wonder when the Trowbridge one will happen. We (Chandlers Coach Travel) operate a free Tesco service from various towns on different days in the week, usually a coach from a school diagram, or in the half term we just send the 8 seater minibus on some routes, the Bradford-on-Avon run for example generally carries no more than 4 pax!

Some time ago Tesco removed the timetable from the store and just posted our phone number, as they sent some timetable leaflets to us, but they wont send anymore if we ran out, suggesting that maybe they are planning to axe it or just trying to discourage anyone using it. We do have a passenger number reporting sheet to fill out but despite the constant low numbers I'm surprised they haven't cut it. Theres no 'new' customers on, just the regulars who come out each week, sometimes just getting a couple of items as the free coach is a day out for them (one customer doesn't even go into Tesco's)

Doesn't Stagecoach's 49 still swing by the store or have they decided to bypass it in favour of the stop on Bythesea Road? Give it long enough and some journeys on the Trow Town Services may just end up serving Tesco instead.

The Huddersfield Asda (which is up at Brackenhall) doesn't get any free buses but a combination of services that stop in the car park (South Pennine CT's 349 and Stotts' 384 and 385) or at the stops on Bradford Road (First West Yorkshire's 363 / X63). The 349 is a newish serice that runs two journey's Monday to Saturday.
 

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Doesn't Stagecoach's 49 still swing by the store or have they decided to bypass it in favour of the stop on Bythesea Road? Give it long enough and some journeys on the Trow Town Services may just end up serving Tesco instead.

The 49 does indeed still start/terminate at Tesco, our routes cover areas that the 49 doesn't, but once a week. Tuesdays is Melksham, Wednesday is Westbury and Thursday is Bradford-on-Avon and Norton St Philip. Though if you wanted to be flexible, you could use your bus pass and travel from any of the above towns to Trowbridge and visit Tesco or any other supermarket anyway (except maybe for Norton St Philip)
 

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The Huddersfield Asda (which is up at Brackenhall) doesn't get any free buses but a combination of services that stop in the car park (South Pennine CT's 349 and Stotts' 384 and 385) or at the stops on Bradford Road (First West Yorkshire's 363 / X63). The 349 is a newish serice that runs two journey's Monday to Saturday.

The 349 runs its 2-3 journeys only on Mondays to Fridays. Just to make it even more fun, their schooldays only X49 calls on the main road.

http://www.southpenninect.co.uk/timetables/349TimetableCentrePageFeb2018.pdf
 

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According to Notices and Proceedings for 15.10.18, Arriva are cancelling services T11-T15 to Tesco Lunsford Park. These are quite long routes, up to an hour in length, with no real commercial alternatives. I guess there are either not enough passengers or they don't spend enough.
 
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I just thought i would start this thread about these Supermarket Free Bus services. I find these services very interesting. Does anyone use these services? Does anyone know of any other routes that still exist other than the ones i have listed below?

Why on earth are these routes so poorly advertised? Considering the supermarkets are paying for them i would of thought that they would advertise them very well to attract more people to their supermarkets? Some of these routes have absolutely nothing to show that they exist. If you search online for many of the routes you won't find a single mention of them anywhere.

Seven of the major supermarket chains ( Asda / Coop / Marks & Spencer / Morrisons / Sainsburys / Tesco / Watitrose ) currently have free bus services. The other four major supermarket chains ( Aldi / Budgens / Iceland / Lidl ) do not appear to have any free bus services as far as i am aware.

Here is a list of all of the supermarket free bus services that i am aware of that currently operate (the numbers in the x/x/x/x/x/x/x part show what days of the week it operates on):

ASDA - BISHOP AUCKLAND - (EDEN BUS):
• BUS - 1/2/3/4/5/6/x - towards Bishop Auckland

ASDA - BLACKWOOD - (STAGECOACH):
• A1 - 1/2/3/4/5/6/x - towards Blackwood

ASDA - CAERPHILLY - (COMFORT DELGRO):
• BUS - x/2/x/x/x/x/x - towards Bargoed
• BUS - x/x/x/x/5/x/x - towards Machen
• BUS - x/x/x/x/5/x/x - towards Nelson
• BUS - x/2/x/x/x/x/x - towards Senghenydd
• BUS - x/2/x/x/x/x/x - towards Wyllie

ASDA - CARDIFF - (COMFORT DELGRO):
• BUS - 1/x/x/x/x/x/x - towards Penylan
• BUS - 1/x/x/x/x/x/x - towards Rumney
• BUS - 1/2/x/x/x/x/x - towards Rumney Hill

ASDA - CORYTON - (COMFORT DELGRO):
• BUS - x/x/3/4/x/x/x - towards Beddau
• BUS - x/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Cyncoed
• BUS - x/x/3/x/x/x/x - towards Fairwater
• BUS - x/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Fairwater Park
• BUS - x/x/x/x/5/x/x - towards Llandaff
• BUS - x/x/x/x/5/x/x - towards Senghenydd
• BUS - x/x/3/x/5/x/x - towards Tremorfa
• BUS - x/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards University Of Glamorgan

ASDA - CRAWLEY - (GO AHEAD):
• BUS - 1/2/3/4/5/6/x - towards Crawley

ASDA - LINCOLN - (P C COACHES):
• A1 - x/2/x/x/x/x/x - towards Market Rasen
• A2 - 1/x/x/x/x/x/x - towards Wragby
• A3 - 1/x/x/x/x/x/x - towards Short Ferry
• A4 - x/2/x/x/x/x/x - towards Saxilby
• A5 - x/x/3/x/x/x/x - towards Dorrington
• A6 - x/x/3/x/x/x/x - towards Bracebridge Heath
• A7 - x/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Metheringham
• A8 - x/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Lincoln

ASDA - MERTHYR TYDFIL - (COMFORT DELGRO):
• BUS - x/x/3/x/x/x/x - towards Bedlinog
• BUS - 1/x/x/x/x/x/x - towards Blaina
• BUS - x/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Gilfach
• BUS - 1/x/3/x/x/x/x - towards Heolgerrig
• BUS - 1/x/x/x/x/x/x - towards Markham
• BUS - x/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Merthyr
• BUS - x/x/3/x/x/x/x - towards Pengam
• BUS - x/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Ynysfach

ASDA - MIDDLESBROUGH - (STAGECARRIAGE):
• BUS - x/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Berwick Hills
• BUS - x/x/3/x/x/x/x - towards Guisborough
• BUS - x/x/3/x/x/x/x - towards Lingdale
• BUS - x/x/x/x/5/x/x - towards Marske Estate
• BUS - x/x/x/x/5/x/x - towards Normanby
• BUS - x/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Stainton

ASDA - OADBY - (BEAVER BUS):
• BUS - x/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Evington
• BUS - x/x/3/x/x/x/x - towards Kibworth Harcourt
• BUS - 1/x/x/x/x/x/x - towards Humberstone
• BUS - x/2/x/x/x/x/x - towards South Wigston

ASDA - POOLE - (GO AHEAD):
• BUS - 1/2/3/4/5/6/x - towards Poole

ASDA - SUMMERSTON - (GIBSON DIRECT):
• A1 - 1/2/3/4/5/x/x - towards Milton

COOP - HOVE - (GO AHEAD):
• C1 - x/2/x/x/x/x/x - towards Ditchling
• C3 - x/x/3/x/x/x/x - towards Southern Cross
• C4 - x/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Steyning

COOP - OUNDLE - (DECKER BUS):
• BUS - x/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Holme
• BUS - x/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Wittering

MARKS & SPENCER - TORQUAY - (STAGECOACH):
• MS1 - 1/x/x/x/x/x/x - towards Cofton
• MS2 - x/x/3/x/x/x/x - towards Kingsbridge
• MS3 - x/x/x/x/5/x/x - towards Totnes
• MS4 - x/x/x/x/x/6/x - towards Brixham
• MS5 - x/2/x/x/x/x/x - towards Brixham

MORRISONS - PENZANCE - (WILLIAMS TRAVEL):
• A - 1/x/x/x/x/x/x - towards Sennen Cove
• B - x/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Phillack Turn
• C - x/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Madron
• E - x/x/x/x/5/x/x - towards Porthleven
• F - x/x/x/x/5/x/x - towards St Just
• G - x/x/x/x/5/x/x - towards Pengersick Estate

MORRISONS - POOL - (WILLIAMS TRAVEL):
• D - x/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Portreath Beach

SAINSBURYS - BOGNOR REGIS - (COMPASS BUS):
• BR1 - x/2/x/4/x/x/x - towards Rose Green
• BR2 - x/2/x/4/x/x/x - towards Yapton

SAINSBURYS - CHICHESTER - (COMPASS BUS):
• C1 - 1/x/x/x/x/x/x - towards Petworth
• C2 - x/x/3/x/x/x/x - towards Bosham
• C3 - 1/x/x/x/x/x/x - towards Midhurst
• C4 - x/x/x/x/5/x/x - towards Bognor Regis
• C6 - x/x/3/x/5/x/x - towards Selsey
• C7 - x/x/3/x/x/x/x - towards Earnley

SAINSBURYS - CRAWLEY - (COMPASS BUS):
• 801 - 1/x/3/4/x/x/x - towards Ifield
• 802 - 1/x/3/4/x/x/x - towards Gossops Green

SAINSBURYS - HALIFAX - (T J WALSH):
• C68 - 1/2/3/4/5/x/x - towards Halifax

SAINSBURYS - HARROGATE - (CONNEXIONS BUSES):
• A - x/x/3/x/5/x/x - towards Knaresborough
• B - x/x/3/x/5/x/x - towards Wetherby
• C - x/x/3/x/5/x/x - towards Harrogate
• D - x/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Harrogate
• E - x/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Harrogate

SAINSBURYS - LITTLEHAMPTON - (COMPASS BUS):
• R1 - 1/x/3/x/5/x/x - towards Durrington
• R2 - x/2/x/4/x/x/x - towards Goring
• R3 - x/2/x/4/x/x/x - towards Westergate
• R4 - 1/x/3/x/x/x/x - towards Storrington
• R5 - x/x/x/x/5/x/x - towards Bognor Regis

SAINSBURYS - NEWPORT - (COMFORT DELGRO):
• BUS - 1/2/3/4/5/x/x - towards Newport

SAINSBURYS - WATCHMOOR PARK - (STAGECOACH):
• S1 - x/x/3/x/x/x/x - towards Sandhurst
• S2 - x/x/3/x/x/x/x - towards Old Dean
• S3 - x/2/x/x/x/x/x - towards Fleet
• S4 - 1/x/x/x/x/x/x - towards North Camp
• S5 - x/x/x/x/5/x/x - towards Pyestock
• S6 - x/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Yateley
• S7 - x/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Yorktown
• S8 - 1/2/3/4/5/x/x - towards Frimley Business Park
• S9 - 1/2/3/4/5/x/x - towards Camberley
• S10 - 1/x/x/x/x/x/x - towards Frimley Green
• S11 - x/x/x/x/5/x/x - towards Southwood

SAINSBURYS - WEYMOUTH - (SOUTH WEST COACHES):
• S1 - 1/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Wyke Regis
• S2 - 1/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Preston
• S3 - x/2/x/x/5/x/x - towards Chickerell
• S4 - x/2/x/x/5/x/x - towards Weymouth
• S5 - x/x/3/x/x/x/x - towards Portland
• S6 - x/x/3/x/x/x/x - towards Upwey

TESCO - ABBEYDALE - (WELLGLADE):
• C1 - x/x/3/x/5/x/x - towards Nether Edge
• C2 - 1/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Herdings
• C3 - 1/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Herdings
• C4 - x/x/3/x/5/x/x - towards Nether Edge
• C5 - x/2/x/x/x/x/x - towards Totley
• C6 - x/2/x/x/x/x/x - towards Dore

TESCO - AYLESBURY - (RED LINE BUSES):
• T1 - x/2/x/x/x/x/x - towards Longwick
• T3 - 1/x/x/x/x/x/x - towards Ludgershall
• T4 - x/2/x/x/x/x/x - towards Steeple Claydon
• T8 - x/x/3/x/x/x/x - towards Prestwood
• T9 - 1/x/x/x/x/x/x - towards Mentmore
• T10 - x/x/3/x/x/x/x - towards Wigginton
• T11 - x/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Towersey
• T12 - x/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Swanbourne
• T13 - x/x/x/x/5/x/x - towards Chinnor
• T16 - x/x/x/x/5/x/x - towards Soulbury

TESCO - BEAUMONT - (BEAVER BUS):
• BT2 - x/2/x/x/x/x/x - towards East Goscote
• BT3 - x/x/3/x/5/x/x - towards Braunstone
• BT3A - x/x/3/x/5/x/x - towards Coalville

TESCO - BEDWORTH - (TRAVEL DE COURCEY):
• T1 - 1/x/3/x/5/x/x - towards Galley Common
• T2 - 1/x/3/x/5/x/x - towards Corely Ash

TESCO - BEXHILL - (RAMBLER COACHES):
• T1 - 1/x/3/4/5/x/x - towards Sidley
• T2 - 1/x/3/x/x/x/x - towards Sidley

TESCO - BISHOP AUCKLAND - (EDEN BUS):
• BUS - 1/2/3/4/5/6/x - towards Bishop Auckland

TESCO - BOGNOR REGIS - (STAGECOACH):
• T11 - x/T/x/T/x/x/x - towards Yapton
• T12 - x/T/x/T/x/x/x - towards Aldwick
• T13 - M/x/x/x/x/x/x - towards Rose Green

TESCO - BURY ST EDMUNDS - (STEPHENSONS):
• A - 1/x/x/x/x/x/x - towards Elmswell
• B - 1/x/x/x/x/x/x - towards Walsham Le Willows
• C - x/2/x/x/x/x/x - towards Barrow
• D - x/2/x/x/x/x/x - towards Stanton

TESCO - CARDIFF - (COMFORT DELGRO):
• BUS - x/2/x/4/x/x/x - towards Whitchurch

TESCO - CARLISLE - (IRVING COACHES):
• A - x/x/x/x/5/x/x - towards Upperby
• B - x/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Caldewgate

TESCO - CARMARTHEN - (MORRIS TRAVEL):
• BUS - 1/2/3/4/5/6/x - towards Carmarthen

TESCO - CHICHESTER - (STAGECOACH):
• 48 - 1/2/3/4/5/x/x - towards Chichester
• T6 - x/x/3/x/x/x/x - towards Midhurst
• T7 - x/x/3/x/x/x/x - towards Selsey
• T8 - x/x/3/x/x/x/x - towards Earnley
• T9 - x/x/3/x/x/x/x - towards Southbourne

TESCO - CRAWLEY - (SOUTHDOWN PSV):
• 901 - 1/2/3/4/5/x/x - towards Crawley

TESCO - CREWE - (D & G BUS):
• T1 - 1/2/3/4/5/x/x - towards Crewe

TESCO - CULVERHOUSE CROSS - (COMFORT DELGRO):
• BUS - 1/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Ely
• BUS - 1/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Ely Heol Trelai
• BUS - 1/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Llandaff

TESCO - DIDCOT - (TAPPINS COACHES):
• BUS - 1/x/3/x/x/x/x - towards Appleford
• BUS - x/2/x/x/x/x/x - towards Moulsford
• BUS - 1/x/3/x/x/x/x - towards Shillingford

TESCO - EXMOUTH - (CARMEL COACHES):
• T1 - x/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Courtlands Cross
• T2 - x/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Brixington
• T3 - x/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Withycombe Raleigh
• T4 - x/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Budleigh Salterton

TESCO - HAMILTON - (BEAVER BUS):
• BT1 - 1/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Evington

TESCO - HASTINGS - (RAMBLER COACHES):
• T1 - x/x/x/4/5/x/x - towards Sidley
• T3 - x/x/3/x/x/x/x - towards Northiam
• T4 - x/x/x/x/5/x/x - towards Guestling
• T5 - x/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Blacklands
• T6 - 1/x/x/x/x/x/x - towards Robertsbridge
• T7 - x/2/x/x/x/x/x - towards Camber Sands
• T8 - x/2/x/x/x/x/x - towards Ninfield

TESCO - HORLEY - (SOUTHDOWN PSV):
• 911 - x/x/3/x/x/x/x - towards Merstham
• 912 - x/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Batts Hill
• 913 - 1/x/x/x/x/x/x - towards Dorking
• 914 - x/x/3/x/x/x/x - towards Dorking
• 915 - x/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Godstone
• 916 - 1/x/x/x/x/x/x - towards East Grinstead
• 917 - x/2/x/x/x/x/x - towards East Grinstead

TESCO - LITTLEHAMPTON - (STAGECOACH):
• T1 - x/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Barnham
• T3 - x/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Angmering
• T5 - x/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Fontwell

TESCO - NEWPORT - (COMFORT DELGRO):
• BUS - x/2/x/x/x/x/x - towards Bishpool
• BUS - x/2/x/x/x/x/x - towards Newport
• BUS - x/2/x/x/x/x/x - towards Pantycelyn

TESCO - PENZANCE - (WILLIAMS TRAVEL):
• BUS - x/x/3/x/x/x/x - towards Newlyn
• BUS - x/2/x/4/5/x/x - towards Penzance
• BUS - x/x/3/x/x/x/x - towards St Just

TESCO - PITSEA - (STEPHENSONS):
• TP - x/x/3/x/5/x/x - towards Canvey

TESCO - PONTYPRIDD - (COMFORT DELGRO):
• BUS - x/2/x/x/5/x/x - towards Blaencwm
• BUS - x/x/3/x/x/x/x - towards Evanstown
• BUS - 1/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Maerdy Hall
• BUS - x/2/x/x/x/x/x - towards Treforest
• BUS - x/x/3/x/x/x/x - towards Ynysybwl

TESCO - READING - (HORSEMAN COACHES):
• T1 - 1/x/3/x/5/x/x - towards Reading

TESCO - SHOREHAM - (COMPASS BUS):
• X2 - 1/x/x/x/x/x/x - towards Billingshurst
• X3 - x/2/x/x/x/x/x - towards Burgess Hill
• X4 - x/x/3/x/x/x/x - towards Bognor Regis
• X5 - x/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Littlehampton
• X6 - x/x/x/x/5/x/x - towards Telscombe Cliffs

TESCO - TELFORD - (ARRIVA):
• T1 - 1/2/3/4/5/x/x - towards Telford

TESCO - WILMSLOW - (D & G BUS):
• T2 - 1/x/3/4/x/6/x - towards Wilmslow
• T3 - x/2/x/x/5/x/x - towards Offerton

TESCO - WINCHESTER - (XELABUS):
• BUS - x/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Alresford
• BUS - x/x/x/x/5/x/x - towards Stoke Charity

TESCO - WORKSOP - (WELLGLADE):
• T1 - x/x/3/x/x/x/x - towards Walesby
• T2 - x/2/x/4/x/x/x - towards Langold
• T3 - x/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Barlborough
• T5 - x/2/x/x/x/x/x - towards Kilton
• T6 - x/x/3/x/x/x/x - towards Harthill

WAITROSE - NEWARK - (TRAVEL WRIGHT):
• BUS - 1/x/x/x/x/x/x - towards Collingham
• BUS - x/2/x/x/x/x/x - towards Elston
• BUS - x/x/3/x/x/x/x - towards Long Bennington
• BUS - x/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Southwell
• BUS - x/x/x/x/5/x/x - towards Sutton On Trent

I am sure there are plenty of others as well which i have not listed. They are so hard to find out about so it is very difficult to make a complete list.

Here is a list of supermarkets which have had their free bus services withdrawn (this is nowhere near complete but just a few which i could remember off the top of my head):

• ASDA - EASTBOURNE
• ASDA - FERRING
• ASDA - HAVANT
• ASDA - HOLLINGBURY
• ASDA - HUNTS CROSS
• ASDA - TOTTON
• JEMPSONS - PEASMARSH
• MARKS & SPENCER - SHOREHAM
• SAINSBURYS - BALDSLOW
• SAINSBURYS - BENFIELD VALLEY
• TESCO - BROADBRIDGE HEATH
• TESCO - GUILDFORD
• WAITROSE - SALTASH

These supermarket free bus routes do seem to be slowly declining. Every year more and more seem to be getting withdrawn.

Can anyone think of any other supermarket free bus routes that still exist today? It would be good to make a full complete list of all of them so it would be great to know what other ones still exist?
 
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I used to use the Altrincham to Handforth Dean one semi-regularly, but having moved away, I don't know if it continues to run.
 

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I'd figure that these are less necessary than they used to be, because all buses are free to the majority of people who will have the time vs. money balance the right way round for using them to be viable.
 
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I agree that most of them are probably not as necessary these days. Whenever i have been on these services they do always seem to carry mostly OAPs who can indeed just get free travel on any ordinary bus. The only exception is the few services that go to areas which local buses don't serve or where there are infrequent buses or no direct buses available.
 

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I'd figure that these are less necessary than they used to be, because all buses are free to the majority of people who will have the time vs. money balance the right way round for using them to be viable.
Given they're mostly used by pensioners, it's remarkable how many are operated by high floor buses. OK, some may have wheelchair lifts, but for the majority of users it can be a struggle with bags even when they've negotiated two or three steps, in some cases.
 

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SAINSBURYS - WATCHMOOR PARK - (STAGECOACH):
• S1 - x/x/3/x/x/x/x - towards Sandhurst
• S2 - x/x/3/x/x/x/x - towards Old Dean
• S3 - x/2/x/x/x/x/x - towards Fleet
• S4 - 1/x/x/x/x/x/x - towards North Camp
• S5 - x/x/x/x/5/x/x - towards Pyestock
• S6 - x/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Yateley
• S7 - x/x/x/4/x/x/x - towards Yorktown
• S8 - 1/2/3/4/5/x/x - towards Frimley Business Park
• S9 - 1/2/3/4/5/x/x - towards Camberley
• S10 - 1/x/x/x/x/x/x - towards Frimley Green
• S11 - x/x/x/x/5/x/x - towards Southwood

These supermarket free bus routes do seem to be slowly declining. Every year more and more seem to be getting withdrawn.

This service was to be withdrawn last month, but has had a last minute reprive until at least February of next year.

https://handsbusblog.wordpress.com/2018/11/09/sainsburys-shoppers-stranded/

The 8 to Frimley Business Park was withdrawn a little while ago. Timetable: https://handsbusblog.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/sainsburysshopperbus.pdf
 
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I have just remembered that Go Ahead London used to operate the Tesco Free Bus route 877 to Tesco in Kennington. I believe that this was withdrawn recently. Are there any supermarket free buses in Greater London any more? Or was this the final one?
 

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Tesco have recently withdrawn a number of their free bus routes. All of the following have been withdrawn:

• Aylesbury (T1/T3/T4/T8/T9/T10/T11/T12/T13/T16)
• Bognor Regis (T11/T12/T13)
• Chichester (T6/T7/T8/T9)
• Crawley (901)
• Horley (911/912/913/914/915/916/917)
• Littlehampton (T1/T3/T5)
• Shoreham (X4/X6)

Note that the 48 free bus to Chichester Tesco and the X2/X3/X5 free bus to Shoreham Tesco will continue to operate.

So it looks like Tesco have withdrawn a lot of their services and maybe some others that i am not aware of as well.

Additionally the Asda Free Bus route in Crawley has transferred from Metrobus to Compass Bus and no longer runs on Saturdays but other than that the times are pretty much the same.
 

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Not sure if it has been mentioned and maybe slightly doesn't fall under 'Supermarket Free Bus' but Stagecoach MCSL run the 'ShopperHopper' 200 bus from the Bus Station in Chester to the centre of the town on behalf of the local council.
 
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