Bishop's Stortford College Transport Service
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Bishop’s Stortford College Transport Service From September 2021 Welcome Five Star Service Dear Parents / Guardians, Welcome to our School Transport and Travel Guide for the 2021-2022 academic year. This guide provides you with full details of our College Transport Service, offering pupils an environmentally All of our routes are operated with Bishop’s Stortford friendly option for travel to and from school that avoids the need to use the car. College minibuses. We take pride in ensuring that all Our College Transport Service currently consists of two separate routes. One originates in Welwyn vehicle maintenance is of the highest standard, giving you North and serves Watton-at-Stone, Thundridge, Standon and Little Hadham, whilst the second route peace of mind that your child is travelling to and from starts in Welwyn Garden City and runs via Cole Green, Hertford and Ware. We operate both routes school in safety and comfort. ourselves, using modern minibuses driven by friendly drivers who are directly employed by the College. Our College Transport Service provides a high quality, safe and reliable alternative to the car for the journey to and from school, allowing a reduction in both our carbon footprint and on-site traffic congestion. Both routes run in both directions Monday to Friday. Pupils arrive on site for 08:15 in the morning, in plenty of time for the start of the school day, and the return service departs from We use dedicated drivers who work on the same route each the College at 17:15. On Leave Weekends, and at the end of each Half Term / Term, the return day. These drivers get to know the pupils on their route and service will depart earlier, in line with the earlier finish times for these days. are subject to an enhanced disclosure and barring service check (DBS) and full MiDAS or CPC training. The service operates in accordance with the prevailing COVID-19 restrictions and guidance. At present all passengers must wear a face covering at all times whilst travelling, and our drivers wear face masks throughout the entire journey. Hand sanitiser is available on board and vehicles are cleaned in between every journey. The cost of the service is £10 per single journey, although parents making a commitment to use the service on a regular basis can benefit from a 25% saving and pay £75 per week. Bookings can be made at any time, via the online booking system. All annual passes are paid for on a termly basis, and The service is managed in partnership with Vectare, a specialist school transport management you can simply pay by credit or debit card at the time of company, to ensure that all journeys run smoothly. Their Customer Services team, who are the booking. Subject to availability, bookings can also be made principal point of contact for any queries in relation to the service, can be contacted by email at during the middle of each academic term. [email protected], or by telephone on 0115 777 3035. If you wish for your child to make use of the service from September 2021, we are asking that you make a booking for the autumn term by 18th June 2021. To make your booking please use our online booking system available at bishopsstortfordcollege.vectare.co.uk. You will be asked to pay for your child’s travel using a credit / debit card at the point of booking. Our network consists of 25+ coach stops. We want to offer From September 2021, subject to demand, we are planning to introduce a new transport route you a travel solution that works best for you and your child, from the Epping area. Our proposed route will start from Epping railway station, allowing easy so if you need any assistance working out the best route to connections to and from the London Underground Central line. The service will serve Epping school, then please do get in touch. town centre, Harlow and Sawbridgeworth. If you are interested in using this service, we would be grateful if you could express interest by contacting Vectare by email at bishopsstortfordcollege@ vectare.co.uk by 17th May 2021. Please tell them how many passengers you would like to book for, and which day(s) of the week you would like them to travel. Vectare will collate all expressions of interest, and confirmation will be given by mid May as to whether the route will be going ahead or not. It takes less than 30 seconds to find your nearest coach stop online, and booking takes only a few minutes, so all of the If you have any questions in relation to our College Transport Service please contact Vectare by information you need to arrange travel for your child is at email at [email protected]. your fingertips! To find your nearest stop or to book your child’s travel, visit bishopsstortfordcollege.vectare.co.uk. Kind regards, Greg Stewart Assistant Bursar (Operations) from Stansted Mountfitchet from Stansted 0 H 2 AD 1 Mountfitchet H D AM A BISHOP’S RO A AD STORTFORD O (A R 0 120 H 2 ) AD 1 COLLEGE HA D A BISHOP’S D M E A ROT A O S D STORTFORD (A R N 120) A D Bury T COLLEGE E S 4 T 8 S Green 1 N 1 A A Bury T S D 4 A 8 RO Green 1 M Bishop’s 1 A A HADH Stortford D T OA W REA D R Bishop’s I G A N AM School bus route O DH L A D R H Stortford L S T I I T N N A D G . W RE H 4 I A N O G H J School bus route IL 0 A D O R L L D R Bus stop 0 M N E 1 L S I I O B T E N N L . 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