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VERSHAM RO E A R VALPY ST Welcome to purple 17, your 24-hour, 7-day a week bus from C G Sainsbury’s FN Town Hall T Tilehurst and Three Tuns into Central Reading. It’s really easy to H E FR IAR STREET U F O get around - there are buses up to every 7 minutes all day long, NION RBURY W AM ST E CHATH E ID S T ST and they’re really frequent evenings & Sundays too. S PS

T RE AD UA CY BRO STR SQ CHEA E ET MARKET We believe in making your journey as pleasant as possible, and BBEY D S PLACE ME A RO A T John Lewis OXFORD CW travel M doing our bit for the environment. That’s why purple 17 has electric AR KING ST KINGS RD HO centre Y St Mary’s D ’S R ST MG WA Broad Street INSTE U hybrid buses with free Wi-Fi and a cleaner, green engine that gives M K

B Mall E R UT MM YIEL D ST D D S a smoother more comfortable ride. Plus, there’s extra legroom and T H T T AL CN S S R L N EE P more space for buggies. GU L A T The Oracle 3 2 9 Civic S ROAD T EEN E L QU The electric hybrid buses on purple 17 use less fuel Centre B Vue O STRE R N E ID D TL S G O and emit far less CO2 than conventional buses CA E N

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- up to 40% less. AN F W EE L O O T L R L OT T D S MI R Y Go to page 26 to find out how we do it. A E L N L B O F MA We run a special timetable on public holidays - see pages 18-19 for times. Central Reading where to get on and off

towards Tilehurst towards Wokingham Road

2 3 purple frequency guide in minutes early 17 morning daytime evening overnight Mon-Fri 10-20 7-8 15 30-60 bus stops Sat 20 7-8 15 30-60 towards Tilehurst Sun 40 10 20 60 towards Wokingham Road for the University

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Tilehurst Library Norcot Junction The Victoria Romany Lane Lawrence Road Pond House New Town Blundells Road Reading Brock Gardens Norcot Road Church End Lane Tesco Chapel Hill Retail Wantage Road for Royal Berks Hospital Norcot Road Park West Village Tesco Tilehurst Triangle BeresfordReading Road West Station Oxford Road George Street London Rd Waylen Street Central Huntley & Palmers Eldon Road Mayfair Reading CemeteryCollege Junction Reading Hamilton Road College PalmerRoad City Road Tilehurst Rd Wokingham Road Park London Rd Bath Rd Erleigh Road West Reading Palmer Park Avenue The Water Tower Royal Berks Hospital St Peter’s Road

Tilehurst Addington Rd Melrose Ave

Wessex Hall Three Tuns

Earley Gate University of Reading

5 mins 5 mins 5 mins 5 mins 5 mins 5 mins 5 mins 5 mins 5 mins travel times 4 5