Surrey County Council are bidding with two SME operators, covering 3 commercially
provided local bus routes in the county.
Falcon Coaches routes are:
436 – Woking, Sheerwater, West Byfleet, Byfleet, Brooklands, Weybridge Station and
Weybridge Town Centre
461 – Chertsey, St. Peters Hospital, Ottershaw, Addlestone, Weybridge, Walton, West
Molesey, Hampton Court and Kingston
CE Jeatt (trading as White Bus) routes are:
446 - Hatton Cross, Heathrow (T4), Ashford Hospital, Staines, Penton Park, Chertsey, St
Peter's Hospital, Ottershaw and Woking
Falcon Coaches’ depot is in Byfleet, Surrey. This is their only location being proposed to
upgrade as part of ZEBRA2. The site will be upgraded to support the concurrent charging
of 10 x 10.8m vehicles.
White Bus’ depot is in Horsell, Surrey. This is their only location being proposed to
upgrade as part of ZEBRA2. The site will be upgraded to support the concurrent charging
of 22 x 10.8m vehicles. This will ensure the ability of the operator to grow their ZEB fleet
over time.
The three routes being included in the bid are all operated commercially, with all three
routes having been or will soon be enhanced.
White Bus 446 was enhanced in December 2023 with financial support from Ashford & St.
Peters Hospital Trust and extended to operate to Ashford Hospital, Heathrow Airport and
Hatton Cross. Falcon Buses service 461 is being enhanced to operate every 20 minutes
and service 436 will have enhancements to the length of the operational day and weekend
enhancements. Both of these will be funded as part of Surreys BSIP+ funding providing
improved travel opportunities to surrey residents.
The funding basis for this bid is straight forward. This is summarised below:
Falcon Coaches Bus Funding - £2,834,000
Zebra Bus Funding - £1,529,028
SCC Bus Funding - £823,323
Total Bus Funding - £5,186,350
Falcon Coaches Infrastructure Funding - £150,563
Zebra Infrastructure Funding - £451,689
Total Infrastructure Funding - £602,252.00
Total Falcon Coaches Cost - £5,788,602
Total Number of ZEBs - 13
White Bus Bus Funding - £1,284,000
Zebra Bus Funding - £721,305
SCC Bus Funding - £388,395
Total Bus Funding - £2,393,700
White Bus Infrastructure Funding - £180,550
Zebra Infrastructure Funding - £541,650
Total Infrastructure Funding - £722,200.00
Total White Bus Cost - £3,115,900
Total Number of ZEBs - 6 (with plans to expand to 22 in future financial years)