Arriva North Network Changes February 2019

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119/120 - -

No change

126/127 Dewsbury - Ossett -

We’re making minor changes to the weekday afternoon timetable, some trips will run up to five minutes earlier and some trips will run up to five minutes later.

128/130 Dewsbury - Wakefield

A small number of trips which are not well used will no longer run, and some trips will start further along the route. To make things simpler, the 130 is renumbered 128A. This service is run with financial support from WYCA (Metro).

200 - White Rose - Morley - Birstall - -

We’re introducing new service 200 to replace part of the 220 and 222 routes. New service 200 will run every 30 minutes on Monday to Saturday daytimes, and hourly on Sundays too following requests from customers for links between Cleckheaton and the White Rose centre on a Sunday.

The route of the new service follows the current 220/222 route between Leeds and Gomersal Hill Top. Then we’ll use Oxford Road and follow a route around ‘West End’ estate. From the end of Woodlands Road we’ll then drop down Spen Lane into Cleckheaton.

A fully revised timetable gives us more recovery time in Leeds, which will make the timetable more robust.

We’ve also ensured that buses are more evenly spaced between Leeds and White Rose shopping centre - there will be an Arriva Bus every 7 or 8 minutes on Monday to Saturday daytimes.

201/201A Leeds - White Rose - Morley - Batley - Healey -

We’re introducing new service 201 (with evening and early morning variant 201A) to replace part of the 221 and 223 routes. New service 201 will run every 30 minutes on Monday to Saturday daytimes, and hourly on Sundays too.

The route of the new 201 service follows the current 221 route between Leeds and Batley. The route of the new 201A service follows the current 223 route between Leeds and Batley (via Howden Clough). Both services then use the current 229 route via Healey to Heckmondwike.

A fully revised timetable gives us more recovery time in Leeds, which will make the timetable more robust.

We’ve also ensured that buses are more evenly spaced between Leeds and White Rose shopping centre - there will be an Arriva Bus every 7 or 8 minutes on Monday to Saturday daytimes.

202/203 Leeds - White Rose - Dewsbury - -

We have revised the timetable to make the service more reliable. An extra bus has been added to the route at peak times. We’ll still run generally every 15 minutes, and the extra bus will help us recover any lost time due to growing congestion.

We’ve also ensured that buses are more evenly spaced between Leeds and White Rose shopping centre - there will be an Arriva Bus every 7 or 8 minutes on Monday to Saturday daytimes.

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205 - Morley - Dewsbury

Buses will now run to a more standard pattern, a bit like on a Saturday. There are no changes to the route.

209 Leeds - New Farnley - - - Birstall - Heckmondwike

This service will no longer run, but there are alternative options for most customers.

Between Leeds and New Farnley, our 254/255 services run up to every 15 minutes. Between Leeds, Gildersome, Birstall and Heckmondwike, revised service 229 will offer more direct connections up to every 15 minutes.

212/212A Dewsbury - Hospital - Batley - Wakefield

Some evening trips, which are provided with financial support from WYCA (Metro) will no longer run due to low usage.

213 Dewsbury - Hospital - Batley - Morley

Service 213 will be extended to Morley, replacing part of First Bus service 54. There will be a new timetable and some journeys will no longer run. This service is run with financial support from WYCA (Metro).

220 Leeds - White Rose - Morley - Birstall - Gomersal - Cleckheaton - Huddersfield

This service will no longer run, but there will be alternative options for most customers. New service 200 will cover links between Leeds and Cleckheaton, and new service 228 will cover links between Cleckheaton and Huddersfield. More details are listed in this document under the new service numbers.

221/223 Leeds - White Rose - Morley - Batley - Carlinghow - Heckmondwike - Norristhorpe - Mirfield

This service will no longer run, but there will be alternative options for most customers. New service 201 will cover links between Leeds and Batley. New service 271 will cover the section between Batley and Heckmondwike via Carlinghow Lane, and new service 261 will cover the section between Heckmondwike and Mirfield via Norristhorpe. Services 261 and 271 will run with financial support from WYCA (Metro). More details are listed in this document under the new service numbers.

222 Leeds - White Rose - Morley - Birstall - Gomersal - Heckmondwike

This service will no longer run, but there will be alternative options for most customers. New service 200 will cover links between Leeds and Gomersal, and new service 251 will cover links between Birstall, Gomersal and Heckmondwike. More details are listed in this document under the new service numbers.

225 - Cleckheaton

Due to very low usage, this service will no longer run.

228 Brighouse - Cleckheaton - Huddersfield

We’re introducing new service 228 to replace part of the 220 route. The new 228 service will run the same route as the 220 between Huddersfield and Cleckheaton, with off-peak journeys continuing to Brighouse.

During weekday peak times, the service will operate roughly every 90 minutes and is timed to cover college demand into Huddersfield. During Monday to Saturday daytime, off-peak, the service will run hourly.

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229 Leeds - Gildersome - Birstall - Heckmondwike - Roberttown - Huddersfield

There will be some major changes made to the route and timetable of this service.

Following several requests for a more direct service, the 229 will be rerouted between Birstall and Heckmondwike to serve Smithies Moor Lane, Leeds Old Road, Nunroyd and Jeremy Lane. As a result the new 229 will not serve Road, Batley or Healey. New service 201 (with early morning and evening variant 201A) offers a replacement service from Leeds to Batley and Healey. Customers along Bradford Road can use services 281/283, together running up to every 15 minutes, with connections possible to/from Leeds by changing buses in Birstall (onto 229) or Batley (onto 201/201A).

The new 229 service will be increased to run up to every 15 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime, between Leeds and Heckmondwike. It will continue to operate every 30 minutes to Huddersfield. This will mean a more frequent service for customers in Gildersome, Birstall and Heckmondwike. We’ll also add more evening journeys, and the late night journey on a Friday and Saturday night will be renumbered N9.

251 Birstall - Gomersal - Heckmondwike

A new service will run to replace part of the current 222 route between Birstall and Heckmondwike. This service will be run with financial support from WYCA (Metro).

252 Leeds - New Farnley - - Birkenshaw - Gomersal - Cleckheaton - Scholes - - Heckmondwike - - Dewsbury

To make things simpler, the 252 is renumbered 254A.

We’ll also serve Heckmondwike Hub in both directions, to help customers connect onto the enhanced 229 service and other services departing from there.

253 Bradford - Birkenshaw - Cleckheaton - Liversedge - Mirfield - Dewsbury

This service will no longer run. There will be alternative options for most customers, although some journeys may require a change from one bus to another at a bus station or hub. We know that some of our customers prefer direct services where possible, however the 253 service does duplicate several other services on the bus network, and unfortunately the costs associated with running the service cannot be sustainably covered by revenue collected on board.

From Bradford to Tong Street, services 283, 425 and 427 combine to provide a bus up to every 15 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime.

From Birkenshaw through Cleckheaton to Liversedge, service 254 provides a bus every 30 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime.

Along Sunnybank Road in Mirfield, new service 261 will provide an hourly bus with connections to Heckmondwike Hub.

Between Mirfield and Dewsbury, service 203 provides a bus every 30 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime.

A new school day service MG1 will replace the busy 0808hrs journey from Dewsbury to Mirfield Grammar School, using the existing 253 route. We have written to the headteacher at Mirfield Grammar to let them know about the change.

254 Leeds - New Farnley - Drighlington - Birkenshaw - Gomersal - Cleckheaton - Liversedge - Heckmondwike - Dewsbury Moor - Dewsbury

A new timetable is introduced with more even spacing between journeys, especially at peak times. More time has been added to Sunday journeys, to ensure we run as reliably as we can.

We’ll also serve Heckmondwike Hub in both directions, to help customers connect onto the enhanced 229 service and other services departing from there. Arriva Yorkshire | North Kirklees Network Changes – February 2019 Summary of Changes | Page 4 of 5

255 Leeds - New Farnley - Drighlington - Birkenshaw - Gomersal - Cleckheaton - Scholes - Wyke - Halifax

A new timetable is introduced with more even spacing between journeys, especially at peak times. More time has been added to Sunday journeys, to ensure we run as reliably as we can.

Between Birkenshaw and Cleckheaton this service will no longer serve ‘West End’ estate, and instead it will follow the 254 route through Hill Top. New service 200 will cover ‘West End’ estate.

256 Bradford - Hunsworth - Cleckheaton - Scholes - Brighouse

This service is provided with financial support from WYCA (Metro). We are one of a number of operators that runs the service on their behalf, and following contract changes we’ll be running different journeys on this route to what we have been running. We continue to accept Arriva tickets on the journeys we run, and for customers wanting to travel across a number of operators the M-Card range of tickets is also available.

261 Heckmondwike - Norristhorpe - Mirfield

A new service will run to replace part of the current 221, 223 and 253 routes between Heckmondwike, Norristhorpe and Mirfield. This service will be run with financial support from WYCA (Metro).

268/268A Bradford - Cleckheaton - Heckmondwike - Dewsbury - Wakefield

This service will be heavily revised on a weekday. It will operate in a similar style to a Saturday, with a bus roughly every 15 minutes running the full route. All journeys will be numbered 268.

There will be some minor timetable changes on Saturdays and Sundays too.

We’ll also serve Heckmondwike Hub in both directions, to help customers connect onto the enhanced 229 service and other services departing from there.

271 Batley - Carlinghow Lane - Heckmondwike

A new service will run to replace part of the current 221 and 223 routes between Batley and Heckmondwike via Carlinghow Lane. This service will be run with financial support from WYCA (Metro).

280 Dewsbury - Thornhill

We’re not making any changes to the 280 service in February.

281 Fieldhead - Birstall - Howden Clough - Batley - Dewsbury

A new timetable will be introduced. We will extend this service from Fieldhead to Birstall Retail Park using Dark Lane.

Towards Birstall, this service will no longer serve Batley Bus station and will follow the same route as service 283, using Commercial Street and Blakeridge Lane. Towards Dewsbury, from the bottom of Brookroyd Lane, it will follow Bradford Road straight in to Batley Bus Station.

283 Bradford - Tong Street - Birstall - Batley - Dewsbury

A new timetable will be introduced to more evenly space journeys with services 425 and 427 between Bradford and Tong Street.

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HG1 Heckmondwike Grammar School - Morley

This afternoon only school service will be retimed to operate 10 minutes earlier to better suit school finishing times.

JF1 St John Fishers - Drighlington

No changes will be made to this service.

MG1 Dewsbury - Mirfield Grammar

A new school special. One journey will run on this route in the morning only, directly replacing the 0808hrs 253 between Dewsbury and Mirfield Grammar School, following the old 253 route.

N9 Leeds - Gildersome - Birstall - Batley - Healey - Heckmondwike - Cleckheaton

A new late night service, replacing the late night 229 journey on a Friday and Saturday night. Following requests, we’ve extended the journey to Cleckheaton.

SL1 Staffline Works Bus

Our client at Staffline have asked us to terminate this service due to low uptake from their staff.

WA2 Woodkirk Academy - Hick Lane Bottom

No changes will be made to this service.

WM1 Whitcliffe Mount School - Heckmondwike

The morning journey will operate earlier to help improve reliability.

WM2 Whitcliffe Mount School - Birstall

A new school special. One journey will run on this route in the afternoon only, directly replacing the 1450hrs 220 from Whitcliffe Mount School to Birstall, following the old 220 route.

X25 Leeds - Cleckheaton - Brighouse

Due to limited use, the afternoon journeys from Leeds will no longer run, but there will be extra journeys on the 254/255 timetable. The morning journey will continue to run, but at a later time than it currently does.

X29 Leeds - Gildersome - Birstall - Heckmondwike

This service will no longer run, replaced by additional journeys on the revised 229 service, which will run a more direct route between Birstall and Heckmondwike.