Aspire & Prosper Scrutiny Committee Tamworth Bus Service Review

Page 1 of 9 Contents Page 3/4 Bus Services Currently Operating in and Around the Borough of Tamworth Page 5 Report Page 6 Recommendations Page 7 Detailed Map of Tamworth’s Bus Routes Page 8 Map of Town Centre Bus Stops Page 9 Tamworth Area Map

Page 2 of 9 Bus Services Currently Operating in and Around the Borough of Tamworth Timetable and Service Operator Route Days of Operation main timing points Full timetable 1E / Tamworth - Coton Green Midlands Mon - Sun 3 / 3E Circular Main bus stops Full timetable Tamworth - Gillway - 2 Arriva Midlands Mon - Sat Perrycrofts Circular Main bus stops Full timetable 4 Arriva Midlands Tamworth - Silverlink Mon - Sat Main bus stops Full timetable Tamworth - Amington - Kerria 5 Arriva Midlands Mon - Sun Centre Main bus stops Full timetable 6 Arriva Midlands Tamworth - Ventura Park Mon - Sat Main bus stops Full timetable 7 / 7A Arriva Midlands Tamworth - Stonydelph Mon - Sun Main bus stops Full timetable 8 / 9 Arriva Midlands Tamworth - Belgrave - Hockley Mon - Sun Main bus stops Full timetable Tamworth - Ventura Park - 16 Acorn Coaches Mon - Fri Kingsbury Main bus stops Mon - Sun (Tamworth Full timet able Tamworth - - 48 Stagecoach served on Sundays only) Main bus stops Full timetable 82 Solus Coaches Tamworth - Clifton Campville Mon - Sat Main bus stops Full timetable Tamworth - Sutton Coldfield - 110 Arriva Midlands Mon - Sun Birmingham Main bus stops Full timetable Tamworth - Kingsbury - 115 Arriva Midlands Mon - Sat Coleshill Main bus stops Full timetable Tamworth - Kingsbury - 116 Arriva Midlands Mon - Sat Birmingham Main bus stops Full timetable 118 / Tamworth - Hurley - Stagecoach Sun only 119 Kingsbury Circular Main bus stops Full timetable Coleshill - Whitacre - Tamworth 216 WMSNT Thur only (Flexibus) Main bus stops Timetable and Service Operator Route Days of Operation main timing points Full timetable No Mans Heath - Newton Regis 224 WMSNT Thur only - Tamworth (Flexibus) Main bus stops

Page 3 of 9 Timetable and Service Operator Route Days of Operation main timing points Full timetable - Tamworth - 765 Arriva Midlands Mon - Sun Atherstone - Nuneaton Main bus stops Full timetable Tamworth - Dordon - Grendon - 766 Stagecoach Mon - Sat Atherstone Main bus stops Full timetable Sir Robert Peel Hospital 780 Arriva Midlands Mon - Sat Amington - Wilnecote Main bus stops Arriva Midlands Full timetable 785 / Lichfield - Tamworth - / Mon - Sun 786 Polesworth - Shuttington Stagecoach Main bus stops Mon – Fri Full timetable Tamworth - Alrewas - Barton - 813 Arriva Midlands (07:45 from Tam term Burton time only) Main bus stops Mon – Fri Full timetable Burton - Barton - Alrewas - 813 Arriva Midlands (17:15 from Burton term Tamworth time only) Main bus stops Full timetable X55 Central Buses Tamworth - Lichfield Mon - Sat Main bus stops Seasonal Notts and - Burton - Mon - Fri X63 timetable (Limited Derby Drayton Manor Park (Summer only) stop) Full timetable X65 Arriva Midlands Tamworth - Lichfield Mon - Sat Main bus stops Full timetable Tamworth - Hockey - X73 Acorn Coaches Mon - Fri Stonydelph – Birmingham Main bus stops

Page 4 of 9 Report There are currently 31 different bus services operating in and around the borough of Tamworth. Of the 31, Arriva operates 14, the majority of which are privately run under the terms of the Transport Act 1985, and only two of Arriva’s privately run services give a direct link with Tamworth’s railway station. Of the 31 bus services, 10 give a direct link with Tamworth’s railway station, an increase of 3 from 2 years ago. The areas of Tamworth to have a direct Monday to Saturday bus service to and from the railway station are Amington, Bolehall, Chiltern Road, Comberford Road, Dosthill, Fazeley Road, Gillway, Glascote, Kettlebrook, Lichfield Street, Lichfield Road, Two Gates, Ventura Park and Wigginton Road. Ashby Road has a bus service from the railway station but not back to the station and Silverlink has a Sunday service that gives direct connection to the railway station but no service Monday to Saturday. The following areas have no direct bus service to or from Tamworth railway station; Belgrave, Coton Green, Hockley, Kerria Centre, Perrycrofts, Stonydelph and Wilnecote. This is an improvement compared with two years ago when Amington, Bolehall, Dosthill, Kettlebrook, and Two Gates also had no direct bus service. There are between 2.2million and 2.6million train journeys each year to and from Tamworth railway station, which equates to aprox 9% of the population of Tamworth. Although, there has been an increase from only one direct bus service from the whole of the southern side of Tamworth to the railway station two years ago to seven today, a consultation is required with residents to prove if services that are more direct are required. As part of the consultation, each bus company serving Tamworth should be contacted for details of their passenger numbers for each service, as Arriva was prior to the introduction of the number six Ventura service. It should also be noted the Government has recently announced from 2015 Tamworth will receive £1million help to deliver environmental, health and economic benefits across the borough and will support work already carried out to encourage more people to use the bus, train or cycle. The Department for Transport announced the Tamworth funding as part of £64 million towards national schemes in the latest round of its Local sustainable Transport Fund. The wider funding and support for the Tamworth scheme will come from County Council and a range of partners including, Tamworth Borough Council, the Local Enterprise Partnership and developers.

Page 5 of 9 Recommendations • Ask Arriva for passenger figures on each bus service • Request Arriva carry out consultation with passengers on whether they would use/want buses which go to the station • Request information from SCC about what the Government funding will be used for • S106 – Tamworth Borough Council should also build into policy Section 106 agreements should include a contribution to public transport

Page 6 of 9 Detailed Map of Tamworth’s Bus Routes

Page 7 of 9 Map of Town Centre Bus Stops

Page 8 of 9 Tamworth Area Map

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