APPENDIX 1: REVIEW of LOCAL BUS SERVICE CONTRACTS Contracts with Highest Subsidy Per Passenger

APPENDIX 1 APPENDIX 1: REVIEW OF LOCAL BUS SERVICE CONTRACTS Contracts with Highest Subsidy per Passenger

1: SUMMARY OF PROPOSALS

Contract Route Time Passengers Subsidy per Annual Cost Saving Recommendation No. Period per Week passenger 00J-61R Service J: Mon – Sat 3 £28.86 £4,300 £4,300 Terminate Contract Caerphilly - Rudry evenings (1 return journey)

0P2-61D Service 2: Mon – Fri 3 £7.15 £1,060 £1,060 Terminate Contract Phillipstown to early Bargoed morning (1 journey)

0N1-62D Service 5: Sundays 17 £6.66 £6,800 £6,800 Terminate Contract Newbridge - (5 return Pantside journeys daytime and evening)

007-610 Service 7: Mon – Sat 79 £6.15 £24,150 £24,150 Terminate Contract Blackwood – evenings Pontypridd via (2 return Ystrad Mynach and journeys) Nelson APPENDIX 1 002-61R Service 5: Penyfan Early 56 £5.59 £10,070 £10,070 Terminate Contract Diversions morning (3 diversions daily)

G2-02B Service 4: Sundays 44 £5.18 £12,040 £12,040 Terminate Contract Tredegar to Ystrad (7 return Mynach Hospital journeys via Rhymney, daytime Abertysswg, and Brithdir, New evening) Tredegar, Bargoed and Cefn Hengoed

004-610 Service 4: Mon – Sat 291* £4.64 £59,000 £29,000 Retain Contract but Tredegar to Ystrad (4 evening reduce frequency Mynach Hospital return from hourly to 2 via Rhymney, journeys) hourly Abertysswg, Brithdir, New Tredegar, Bargoed and Cefn Hengoed X38-61D Service X38: Mon – Sat 91* £4.52 £20,500 £20,500 Contract already Bargoed to (2 early terminated following Pontypridd via morning withdrawal of the Gelligaer and return service by Nelson journeys) Glamorgan Bus. APPENDIX 1 003-610 Service 1: Bargoed Mon – Sat 276* £4.47 £48,000 £24,000 Retain Contract but to Merthyr Tydfil (4 evening reduce frequency via Deri, Fochriw return from hourly to 2 and Rhymney journeys) hourly

X16-410 Service X16: Mon – Sat 178 £4.21 £16,760 £16,760 Terminate contract Newbridge to (2 evening Cardiff via West return End, Crosskeys, journeys) Risca

C18-61R Service C18: Mon – Sat 27 £3.82 £5,100 £5,100 Terminate Contract Bargoed to Gilfach (one early Estate evening journey)

G2-01B Service 1: Bargoed Sundays 115* £3.72 £19,500 £9,500 Retain Contract but to Merthyr Tydfil (daytime reduce frequency via Deri, Fochriw and from hourly to 2 and Rhymney evenings) hourly

005-61E Service 5: Mon – Sat 48 £3.53 £8,440 £8,440 Terminate Contract Blackwood to (two late Bargoed via afternoon / Markham and early Britannia evening journey)

901-610 Service 901: Mon – Sat 570* £3.52 £103,700 £15,000 Review contract and Blackwood to (daytime reduce Ystrad Mynach to mid Station (rail Link) evening) APPENDIX 1 N/a Security – N/a N/a N/a £10,800 £10,800 Withdraw security Blackwood contribution Interchange N/a Contribution to Sundays 76 (per day N/a £3,500 £3,500 Beacons Bus (and Bank of operation) Network Holiday Mondays) TOTAL £201,020 Key * - denotes total passengers carried on these contracts, not necessarily the total passengers affected by the proposed changes, as some contracts are proposed for continuation at the same (or reduced) level of service. APPENDIX 1 2 – Detailed Analysis of Proposed Savings

Target Saving A: COST AND EXISTING IMPLICATIONS FOR SCOPE FOR CONCLUSION Contracts over PASSENGER ALTERNATIVE PASSENGERS REDUCING COST OF £4.00 per DETAILS SERVICES IF CONTRACT passenger CONTRACT WITHDRAWN CONTRACT NO. & ROUTE (PERIOD OF OPERATION) 2. 0P2-61D £1,060 per annum Later journeys between Note this journey starts Limited. Subsidy is for Not a significant saving Service 2: Phillipstown and at Pontlottyn at 0610 an individual journey that in relation to the cost of Phillipstown – £7.15 per Bargoed – next journey and is the first bus from provides the first the contract, but Bargoed passenger carried is 0723 from the Upper Rhymney departure of the day on withdrawing the subsidy Phillipstown. Valley to Bargoed. a service that is may lead to a review of (Mon – Fri early Average of 3 otherwise commercially the commercially morning) passengers carried The bus then operates provided. The cost of provided journeys based per week. the 0650 journey from subsidising this journey around this contract Reason for Bargoed to Merthyr is low (around £4.30 per which could result in the Prioritisation: Tydfil via Deri and day). withdrawal of additional High subsidy per Fochriw (Service 1), the early morning journeys. passenger. first ‘up valley’ journey from Bargoed to RECOMMENDATION: Wards: Pontlottyn / Rhymney / New Tredegar / Merthyr. Withdrawal Aberbargoed / Bargoed This is commercially SAVING: provided by Stagecoach, but removal of the £1060 per annum subsidy on the previous journey may result in a review and potential withdrawal of this journey. APPENDIX 1

Wards: SAVING: Newbridge £6,800 per annum APPENDIX 1

Target Saving A: COST AND EXISTING IMPLICATIONS FOR SCOPE FOR CONCLUSION Contracts over PASSENGER ALTERNATIVE PASSENGERS REDUCING COST OF £4.00 per DETAILS SERVICES IF CONTRACT passenger CONTRACT WITHDRAWN CONTRACT NO. & ROUTE (PERIOD OF OPERATION) 5. 002-61R £10,070 per annum No alternative journeys The nearest bus stops Limited. Subsidy May impact on access to Service 5: Penyfan serve Penyfan Industrial are situated in supports three early employment at Penyfan, Diversions (to Rush £5.59 per Estate. Croespenmaen, so morning diversions of but current patronage is Drive) passenger carried workers in Penyfan the bus service between low at around 3 per would have to walk up to Blackwood and journey choosing to use (Mondays to Average of 56 1 mile to their places of Newbridge via Oakdale. the diversions. Saturdays early passengers carried work. morning) per week (around 3 RECOMMENDATION: per diversion). However, there are no Reason for return journeys in the Withdraw – high subsidy Prioritisation: afternoon / evening per passenger and low High Subsidy per which implies patronage. passenger. passengers find alternative SAVING: Wards: Blackwood / arrangements. The Penmaen / Crumlin / current early morning £10,070 per annum Newbridge diversions could be revised to serve Byron Place in Croespenmaen which Stagecoach may find commercially viable and the Council has received requests for. APPENDIX 1

Note service 1 is also identified for a reduction in frequency due to high subsidy per passenger. APPENDIX 1

Target Saving A: COST AND EXISTING IMPLICATIONS FOR SCOPE FOR CONCLUSION Contracts over PASSENGER ALTERNATIVE PASSENGERS REDUCING COST OF £4.00 per DETAILS SERVICES IF CONTRACT passenger CONTRACT WITHDRAWN CONTRACT NO. & ROUTE (PERIOD OF OPERATION) 8. X38–61D: Service £20,550 per annum The contract provides The first departure to None – service has been Contract terminated after X38: Bargoed to the first journeys on the Pontypridd will start from substantially registered operations on 2nd Pontypridd £4.52 per service that otherwise is Nelson, rather than commercially, so February 2013 and the passenger carried operated on a Bargoed. contract terminated after introduction of a new (Mondays to commercial basis by operation on Saturday service by the N.A.T. Saturdays) Average of 91 Glamorgan Bus. 2nd February 2013. Group will include passengers carried journeys that were Reason for per week (less than The journeys involved previously subsidised. Prioritisation: 4 per journey). are: High Subsidy per RECOMMENDATION: Passenger 0640 Bargoed to Pontypridd / 0710 No further action Wards: Pontypridd to Bargoed necessary – contract Bargoed / Gilfach / St (Mondays to Fridays) terminated before the Cattwg / Nelson end of 2012/13 financial 0740 Bargoed to year. Pontypridd / 0810 Pontypridd to Bargoed SAVING: (Mondays to Saturdays) £20,550 per annum Glamorgan Bus has withdrawn the X38 service after operations on 2nd February 2013. A new X38 service has been registered by the N.A.T. Group, which includes a 0650 journey from Nelson to Pontypridd and a 0705 journey from Pontypridd APPENDIX 1 to Bargoed / 0735 Bargoed to Pontypridd. APPENDIX 1

Target Saving A: COST AND EXISTING IMPLICATIONS FOR SCOPE FOR CONCLUSION Contracts over PASSENGER ALTERNATIVE PASSENGERS REDUCING COST OF £4.00 per DETAILS SERVICES IF CONTRACT passenger CONTRACT CONTRACT NO. & WITHDRAWN ROUTE (PERIOD OF OPERATION) 9. 003-410: £61,340 per annum Contract provides four Withdrawal of this Contract involves two Whilst there are some Service 3: Bargoed (total contract cost). evening return journeys service would isolate a buses providing an alternative services, the to Merthyr Tydfil between Bargoed and number of communities hourly evening service. withdrawal of this Cost to Caerphilly: Merthyr Tydfil via Deri, in the Upper and Mid The frequency could be contract would isolate Service C18: £48,000 per Fochriw, Pontlottyn, Rhymney Valley – reduced to every two many communities Bargoed to Gilfach annum. Rhymney and Dowlais. . particularly Rhymney hours, saving the cost of during the evening. Estate Bridge, Twyn Carno, one bus, theoretically Proposal is therefore to Service is jointly The service provides the Fochriw and Deri. halving the contract cost. reduce, rather than (Mondays to funded by Merthyr only evening service to Difficult to quantify how withdraw contract. Saturdays - evenings Tydfil Council. Deri and Fochriw and to Consequences if many passengers would only) the north of Rhymney contract withdrawn: be lost – if half were lost RECOMMENDATION: £4.47 per and is the only link as a result of reducing Reason for passenger carried between the Upper Last daytime journeys the frequency, then Revise timetable to Prioritisation: Rhymney Valley and through Fochriw and subsidy per passenger reduce the evening High Subsidy Per Average of 276 Merthyr Tydfil in the Deri: 1828 from would remain at the frequency to every two Passenger passengers carried evenings. Rhymney; 1832 from same level. hours. per week (around Bargoed. Wards: 5-6 per journey). Alternative evening SAVING (estimated): Bargoed / Gilfach services exist between Last daytime journeys /Aberbargoed / Rhymney, Pontlottyn from Bargoed to Merthyr £24,000 per annum. Darren Valley / and Bargoed (service 4 Tydfil: 1832 from (based on withdrawing Pontlottyn / Moriah / via Abertysswg, Brithdir Bargoed; 1805 from one bus). Twyn Carno and New Tredegar). Merthyr Tydfil (service 1). Note service 4 is also a service identified for a Last evening journeys frequency reduction due through Rhymney Bridge to high subsidy per / Twyn Carno: 1823 to passenger. Rhymney / Bargoed; 1912 to Merthyr Tydfil (service 1). APPENDIX 1 Target Saving A: COST AND EXISTING IMPLICATIONS FOR SCOPE FOR CONCLUSION Contracts over PASSENGER ALTERNATIVE PASSENGERS REDUCING COST OF £4.00 per DETAILS SERVICES IF CONTRACT passenger CONTRACT CONTRACT NO. & WITHDRAWN ROUTE (PERIOD OF OPERATION) 10. X16-610: Service £37,250 per annum Contract provides two Loss of direct evening Contract involves 1 bus There are a number of X16: Newbridge - (total contract cost); evening return journeys bus service between operating the two return alternative bus services Cardiff £16,760 cost to between Newbridge and Newbridge and Cardiff, journeys every evening, between Newbridge and Caerphilly. Service Cardiff via West End, but alternative train so little scope for Risca and an hourly train (Mondays to is jointly funded by Abercarn, Crosskeys, service exists. reducing the cost. service between Saturdays - evenings Newport City Risca, Rogerstone, Newbridge / Crosskeys only) Council, and their Cleppa Park and St For residents in West Officers will explore with Risca and Cardiff. transport officer has Mellons at 1815 and End, buses at 1815 and Stagecoach and Reason for indicated that the 2045; returning from 1945 from Newbridge Blaenau Gwent Council The service is used by Prioritisation: Council would Cardiff at 1925 and and at 2030 and 2300 whether there is scope around 5 passengers High Subsidy Per support the 2155. would be lost – there are to divert evening X15 per journey. Passenger withdrawal of this existing N2 journeys at (Newport to Brynmawr) service. Daytime X16 journeys 1820 and 2313 from journeys to operate via Newport Council has Wards: operate between Risca Newbridge and at 1841 Cleppa Park (similar to indicated that they wish Newbridge / £4.21 per and Cardiff every 2 from West End. daytime journeys) to to withdraw their cross Abercarn / passenger carried hours between 0730 and cover evening shift boundary contribution. Crosskeys / Risca 1600. Alternative services finishes. The X15 This means that to West / Risca East Average of 178 operate between evening service is a continue the service, passengers carried There is an hourly Newbridge, Abercarn, Blaenau Gwent contract. Caerphilly would have to per week (around 5 evening train service Crosskeys, Risca and pick up the full cost of per journey). between Newbridge and Rogerstone during the the contract – an Cardiff from 1814 to evening. additional £20,490 per 2214 / 2344 and year. between Cardiff and It’s also worth noting that Newbridge between the daytime X16 service RECOMMENDATION: 1835 and 2135 / 2305. to Cardiff between Newbridge and Risca Withdraw – high subsidy was withdrawn shortly per passenger and low after the Ebbw Valley patronage and impact of passenger rail service Newport CC withdrawing was reinstated. financial support. SAVING: £16,760 pa APPENDIX 1

Target Saving B: COST AND EXISTING IMPLICATIONS FOR SCOPE FOR CONCLUSION Contracts over PASSENGER ALTERNATIVE PASSENGERS REDUCING COST OF £3.50 per DETAILS SERVICES IF CONTRACT passenger CONTRACT CONTRACT NO. & WITHDRAWN ROUTE (PERIOD OF OPERATION) 4. G2-01B £25,700 per annum Contract provides eleven Withdrawal of this Contract involves two Whilst there are some (total contract cost). return daytime and service would isolate a buses providing an alternative services, the Service 1: Bargoed evening journeys number of communities hourly service in the withdrawal of this to Merthyr Tydfil Cost to Caerphilly: between Bargoed and in the Upper Rhymney daytime, reducing to contract would isolate £19,500 per Merthyr Tydfil via Deri, Valley – particularly Deri, every 2 hours during the many communities. Service 2: Bargoed annum. Fochriw, Pontlottyn, Fochriw, Twyn Carno evening. When tenders to Aberbargoed Rhymney and Dowlais and Rhymney Bridge. were invited for this RECOMMENDATION: Service is jointly on Sundays and Bank contract, they included a Service C18: funded by Merthyr Holiday Mondays. . Consequences of costed option for a 2 Terminate existing Bargoed to Gilfach Tydfil Council. withdrawal: hourly service contract, but award Estate The service provides the throughout the daytime alternative option that £3.72 per only Sunday service to No Sunday journeys and evening, operated provides a reduced (two (Sundays and Bank passenger carried Deri and Fochriw and to through Deri and by one bus. This retains hourly) frequency of Holiday Mondays) the north of Rhymney Fochriw. the C18 journeys to service throughout the Average of 115 and is the only link Gilfach Estate, but does day. Reason for passengers carried between the Upper No Sunday services not include journeys Prioritisation: per Sunday. Rhymney Valley and between the Upper between Bargoed and SAVING (estimated): High Subsidy Per Merthyr Tydfil. Rhymney Valley and Aberbargoed. Passenger Merthyr Tydfil. £9,500 per annum. Alternative Sunday (based on withdrawing Wards: services exist between No Sunday journeys one bus). Bargoed / Gilfach / Rhymney, Pontlottyn through Rhymney Bridge Aberbargoed / and Bargoed (service 4 / Twyn Carno. Darren Valley / via Abertysswg, Brithdir Pontlottyn / Moriah / and New Tredegar). No Sunday journeys Twyn Carno between Bargoed and Note service 4 is a Gilfach Estate or service identified for Bargoed and withdrawal due to high Aberbargoed subsidy per passenger. APPENDIX 1

Target Saving B: COST AND EXISTING IMPLICATIONS FOR SCOPE FOR CONCLUSION Contracts over PASSENGER ALTERNATIVE PASSENGERS REDUCING COST OF £3.50 per DETAILS SERVICES IF CONTRACT passenger CONTRACT CONTRACT NO. & WITHDRAWN ROUTE (PERIOD OF OPERATION) 7. 901-610 £103.700 per Contract provides Withdrawal of this There may be scope to The service provides an annum (total thirteen daytime to mid- contract would impact on curtail the service to important link between Service 901: contract cost). evening journeys the many regular reduce the cost of the Blackwood and the Blackwood to Ystrad between Blackwood and passengers who use the contract. Rhymney railway line Mynach (rail Link) Cost to Caerphilly: Ystrad Mynach Station, service, particularly and facilitates access to £99.980 per to connect with the trains those who use the bus / employment (Mondays to annum. to Caerphilly and Cardiff. train to access their opportunities as well as Saturdays) Established in 2002, the employment in Cardiff. shopping and leisure £3.52 per service is a dedicated Overall journey time is facilities and provides a Reason for passenger carried rail link service, which is 25 minutes less than the journey that is Prioritisation: available only to direct bus service competitive with the car, High Subsidy Per Average of 570 passengers making a between Blackwood and particularly at peak times Passenger passengers carried train journey, tickets for Cardiff, which is not a of travel. per week (3 to 4 which are purchased on viable alternative for Wards: per journey). the bus for the through regular commuters. RECOMMENDATION: Blackwood / train journey (or on train Pontllanfraith / for the connecting bus Blackwood is the largest Review the operation of Maesycwmmer / journey). Overall town in the county service and look for Ystrad Mynach journey time is one hour. borough not connected opportunities to reduce to the rail network and cost of operation. Alternative bus journeys the 901 service provides exist between the best alternative, by SAVING (estimated): Blackwood and Cardiff providing flexible (service 26) which connections with the £15,000 per annum. operates every half hour. train (for example by waiting for late running trains). APPENDIX 1

Target Saving B: COST ALTERNATIVE IF IMPLICATIONS FOR SCOPE FOR CONCLUSION Withdraw security WITHDRAWN PASSENGERS REDUCING COST OF cover at CONTRACT Blackwood Interchange PERIOD OF OPERATION 8. Monday to £10,800 per annum The new Interchange at No security patrols None – only provides The withdrawal of these Saturday Evenings Blackwood opened in during the evening at the limited cover during the arrangements will (1800 to 2230) May 2007 and replaced Interchange. High evening at marginal cost remove the physical an unattractive bus quality CCTV coverage (as an extension of the security presence from Wards: station. The new facility and help point with direct Market Place security the Bus Station during Blackwood has a waiting area and is access to the CCTV cover). evening and may result well lit at night and an control room. in an increase in anti attractive area for social behaviour. passengers. A high quality CCTV system RECOMMENDATION: and passenger help points were provided. Withdraw security The new environment arrangements. was also an attractive area for youths to SAVING: congregate in the evening, so the £10,800 per annum opportunity was taken just after the new facility opened to work with the Market Centre manager and extend their security cover during the evenings and on weekends to include the Interchange at a nominal cost. This has proved invaluable, particularly in recent months where there have been a number of public order issues, particularly in the evening. APPENDIX 1 Target Saving B: COST ALTERNATIVE IF IMPLICATIONS FOR SCOPE FOR CONCLUSION Withdraw WITHDRAWN PASSENGERS REDUCING COST OF contribution to CONTRACT Beacons Bus Sunday Bus Network PERIOD OF OPERATION 9. Services B4 and £3,500 per annum The Brecon Beacons Two routes served the None – the Council, The withdrawal of B5 to Brecon National Park Authority county borough in 2012 along with other south funding may result in the Beacons. (BBNPA) has developed – the B4 from Wales local authorities loss of this Sunday a network of Sunday Blackwood, Newbridge, makes a small leisure service for Sundays and Bank services connecting Risca and Newport to contribution to the cost residents of the county Holiday Mondays many parts of South Brecon and the B5 from of operating these borough, (between May and Wales with the Brecon Cardiff via Caerphilly, services. September only) Beacons. The services Ystrad Mynach and RECOMMENDATION: are innovative and Nelson to Brecon. If Wards: popular and allow funding is withdrawn, Withdraw funding Blackwood, passengers to travel to there is no guarantee Pontllanfraith, Brecon and access that these routes will SAVING: Newbridge, many other parts of the continue to serve the Abercarn, National Park through a county borough in 2013. £3.500 per annum Crosskeys, Risca network of connecting East, Risca West, services. These Morgan Jones journeys are only Llanbradach, Ystrad possible if the BBNPA Mynach, Nelson continues to fund the network of services.