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Dai Corner
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Further changes to Stagecoach South Wales we 1 April
https://www.stagecoachbus.com/promos-and-offers/south-wales/urgent-service-changes-covid19-2020
https://www.stagecoachbus.com/promos-and-offers/south-wales/urgent-service-changes-covid19-2020
Flange Squeal
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Rainham-based Swallow Coaches, who operated a couple of service routes in Essex, have ceased trading today citing the Coronavirus.
SOURCE: https://www.swallowbus.co.uk (1st April 2020)
SOURCE: https://www.swallowbus.co.uk (1st April 2020)
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PG
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Sad news, doubtless many other smaller operators are in a similar position and may soon follow suit.
Even if things only stay this bad for 2/3 months which is really optimistic in itself, I feel that we will still be seeing the effects of everything in 18/24 months' time. The government will have a tough job to work out just how much money will need to be put into the bus industry just to start the rebuilding process. I'm 25 and I've never seen anything anywhere near as bad as this and I doubt I ever will again. It doesn't help that companies will still need to prepare for LEZ requirements too so if a lot of companies don't go bust I will be surprised. Town centres and shopping centres along with schools/colleges/universities will require time to rebuild too so it will be a while for passenger numbers to build up to pre-coronavirus levels and even then they were generally in the decline anyway.
GaryMcEwan
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Add to that all Scotland to London journey's are suspended as well.
Butts
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Wonder if they were running empty ?
Last week they were offering Birmingham to Dundee for £11
Quite possibly.
I'm a fan, but my guess is must people who need to travel at the moment also need to travel fast.
Smethwickian
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The remaining skeleton service on the National Express coach network will be withdrawn from 2359 on Sunday, April 5 with no late evening or overnight services that day.
Oxford Tube will also suspend operations from Sunday.
overthewater
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The article you quote confirms there won't.
overthewater
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It would seem I mis-read it.
Border buses are making more changes: https://www.bordersbuses.co.uk/covid-19-important-service-update
Border buses are making more changes: https://www.bordersbuses.co.uk/covid-19-important-service-update
Statto
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National Express Coaches have suspended all services from 23.59 Sunday 5th April
https://www.nationalexpress.com/en/help/live-service-updates
https://www.nationalexpress.com/en/help/live-service-updates
A shame, but who at this time wants to be cooped up on a coach for hours sitting in close proximity to other people? Megabus and Oxford Tube services have also been withdrawn
Dai Corner
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52122342
Government support for the bus industry in England announced
Government support for the bus industry in England announced
The government will cover the losses of bus companies in England over the next three months to ensure that services can still run.
The UK's bus industry says passenger numbers have "fallen off a cliff" since the government advised people against all non-essential travel.
That caused bus firms to cut services.
But a new £167m fund will ensure that bus companies can cover their costs on essential services so that key workers, like NHS staff, can get to work.
Hundreds of millions
Similar agreements are already in place in Scotland and Wales. The deal in Wales includes free bus travel for NHS workers.
Hundreds of millions of pounds of support measures from local and central government have been dedicated to the UK's bus industry to ensure that companies can survive through the coronavirus crisis and keep a reduced bus network moving.
The latest figures from the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT), which represents bus and coach companies in Britain, showed that passenger numbers were down by 75%, although the numbers are now thought to be worse than that.
Empty busses
With people advised to stay at home, many buses around the UK are being driven around with no passengers on them at all.
CPT boss Graham Vidler said the funding would "plug the gap" between the costs of running essential routes and the income received by companies. He said that would allow "critical journeys to continue".
Government support is conditional on bus companies operating about half of their routes.
Operators have also pledged not to let buses carry more than 50% of their maximum capacity to ensure that social distancing is possible onboard.
The Transport Secretary Grant Shapps emphasised that people should "stay at home if possible". However, he described buses as a "lifeline for people who need to travel for work or to buy food".
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Image captionGrant Shapps described busses as a "lifeline" for those who need to make essential trips
"It's absolutely vital we do all we can to keep the sector running," he said.
Bus companies aim to temporarily lay off around half their staff who will then receive income under the government's coronavirus job retention scheme.
Before the coronavirus outbreak the government had earmarked funding to reopen bus routes which had been cut in recent years. Some of that money is now being spent on keeping existing routes running.
Any losses incurred by bus companies since the government advised people against all but essential travel should be covered under the rescue package.
It is definitely a brutal time to run a bus company of any size and fair play to any small operator that finds a way to survive through it. I think if we can get through the worst of this before the end of Summer passenger numbers could build back up reasonably quickly but if it goes on to at least September/October then with less money in peoples' pockets then it could be a tough year for everyone. The key is with shops more than anything. It seems pretty clear universities, colleges, etc won't be open to anyone before the end of this term so it's August/September at the earliest for them. The only chances of things being decent again are if we have things we get some of the summer as normal with no restrictions so travel numbers to beaches/parks/shops etc carry bus companies forward a bit. I would expect some service cuts nationwide too with how much money is being lost on a weekly basis. They'd need to cover that somehow. This situation clearing before the end of summer would be very optimistic too.
Andy Pacer
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I think even the limited routes run for key workers are operating at horrific losses, so the government scheme would likely prop them up financially.
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https://www.firstgroup.com/south-ea...dates/coronavirus-covid19-service-information
Timetables:
View forthcoming timetables here.
As of Monday 6th of April 2020, further service alternations will be introduced as registered with the Traffic Commissioners Office:
Service X38 will be diverted to operate via both Falkirk & Stirling Community Hospitals. This change will both improve access and facilitate staff travel between these sites and Forth Valley Hospital.
Service 600 will be cancelled in full. Service X22 offers an alternative link between Whitburn & Livingston. Links between Broxburn/Livingston & Kirkliston/Winchburgh/Edinburgh airport will no longer be available.
Service 21 will operate between Whitburn and Blackburn only every 80 minutes.
Service X25 will operate Blackridge to Livingston Centre only.
Service UL will be cancelled in full. For alternative services to University of Stirling, please see timetables for Service 54 or Services 51 / 52 to Causeway Head Road.
Service X36 departure time altered, the service will be curtailed at Cumbernauld, but will offer some connections with Service X37 at Cumbernauld Town Centre for onward travel to Glasgow.
Services 6 and 6A will combine as one route to serve Kinnaird Park and North Broomage in the Larbert area and Ochiltree Terrace and Tamfourhill. Falkirk Wheel will not be served.
All services will now operate a daily hourly frequency, with some services operating additional morning peak journeys. Evening services will be curtailed at slightly earlier times and some departure times may also be subject to change. Please check the forthcoming timetables here.
A reminder that Stirling Bus Station will be closed to the public from 6pm on Monday 23 March until further notice.
You can view the timetables in the timetable section of our website or see details of all current and forthcoming timetables below.
Timetables:
View forthcoming timetables here.
As of Monday 6th of April 2020, further service alternations will be introduced as registered with the Traffic Commissioners Office:
Service X38 will be diverted to operate via both Falkirk & Stirling Community Hospitals. This change will both improve access and facilitate staff travel between these sites and Forth Valley Hospital.
Service 600 will be cancelled in full. Service X22 offers an alternative link between Whitburn & Livingston. Links between Broxburn/Livingston & Kirkliston/Winchburgh/Edinburgh airport will no longer be available.
Service 21 will operate between Whitburn and Blackburn only every 80 minutes.
Service X25 will operate Blackridge to Livingston Centre only.
Service UL will be cancelled in full. For alternative services to University of Stirling, please see timetables for Service 54 or Services 51 / 52 to Causeway Head Road.
Service X36 departure time altered, the service will be curtailed at Cumbernauld, but will offer some connections with Service X37 at Cumbernauld Town Centre for onward travel to Glasgow.
Services 6 and 6A will combine as one route to serve Kinnaird Park and North Broomage in the Larbert area and Ochiltree Terrace and Tamfourhill. Falkirk Wheel will not be served.
All services will now operate a daily hourly frequency, with some services operating additional morning peak journeys. Evening services will be curtailed at slightly earlier times and some departure times may also be subject to change. Please check the forthcoming timetables here.
A reminder that Stirling Bus Station will be closed to the public from 6pm on Monday 23 March until further notice.
You can view the timetables in the timetable section of our website or see details of all current and forthcoming timetables below.
scotrail158713
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Every 80 minutes has to be one of the most bizarre frequencies I’ve ever seen.
I’m not surprised that the 600 is gone though.
Bletchleyite
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You get that on single-vehicle operations where the route length precludes hourly. The Ormskirk-Preston train service, when it was a single-unit shuttle, used to operate approximately every 75 minutes.
It's every 45/50 minutes I find more bizarre. Overall those would be best reduced to clockface hourly with longer layovers - more reliable and easier to remember.
The 1C first operate in Glasgow has ended up with a 25 min layover at the Drumchapel end of things with it hourly now with the current situation and tbh it's generally quite reliable in normal circumstances with less layover time
Transdev continues to cut frequencies. From this Sunday a significant number of routes will see approximately half the normal frequency (60, 62, 67, K routes in Keighley, B2, B3 are hourly combined).
On the 62, which is largely 2 hourly there's one gap of 3h15.
https://www.transdevbus.co.uk/keighley/were-running-fewer-sunday-journeys-5-april-1
The X43 is withdrawn between Burnley and Skipton on a Sunday.
Oddly, the M4 has 2 more journeys than usual on a Sunday.
On the 62, which is largely 2 hourly there's one gap of 3h15.
https://www.transdevbus.co.uk/keighley/were-running-fewer-sunday-journeys-5-april-1
The X43 is withdrawn between Burnley and Skipton on a Sunday.
Oddly, the M4 has 2 more journeys than usual on a Sunday.
I think some are trying to do that. It's a very awkward time for bus operators as they do want to keep running key worker trips, but they are usually at the very start and end of the day, making the overall day longer. This is why we are seeing some odd frequencies during the day to help keep the PVR down
SouthEastBuses
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Actually, National Express are doing the same too.
SouthEastBuses
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My local bus company, Metrobus, has decided to change its timetables even further from tomorrow.
Routes 21 from Crawley to Epsom, 22 Crawley to Holmbury St Mary, 84 Crawley to East Grinstead, 273 Crawley to Brighton, 281 Crawley to Lingfield and 318 Epsom to Banstead are being withdrawn until further notice. I suspect that is because nobody, not even essential workers, have used these routes over the past few days.
Routes 21 from Crawley to Epsom, 22 Crawley to Holmbury St Mary, 84 Crawley to East Grinstead, 273 Crawley to Brighton, 281 Crawley to Lingfield and 318 Epsom to Banstead are being withdrawn until further notice. I suspect that is because nobody, not even essential workers, have used these routes over the past few days.
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