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Table 1 - Proposed Changes to Contracted Bus Services TABLE 1 to achieve savings (Salisbury area*)

Service Route Alteration Reason r2, r3, Salisbury City Services to Bishopdown, Wilton, Harnam, Withdrawal of services on Sunday evenings after 7.30/8.00pm (to/from Bishopdown, Low usage (average 2-3 passengers). r5, r6 Laverstock Wilton and Harnham) and after 5.00pm (to/from Laverstock).

On Sunday evenings, reduce service between City Centre and District Hospital to hourly Salisbury City Centre to District Hospital (no changes after 4.45pm, and withdraw after 7.45pm. Withdraw journeys between City Centre and r1 proposed to service r1 between City Centre and Low usage (average 2-3 passengers). District Hospital before 6.40 am on weekdays. Withdraw evening service to/from District Bemerton Heath) Hospital after 10pm on weekdays.

Withdrawal of various early morning and other lightly used journeys on Saturdays (Saturday morning journeys to/from Bishopdown and Harnham before 6.40am; to/from r2, r5, r6, Salisbury City Services to Bishopdown, Harnam, Laverstock and Devizes Road before 7.35am; and Saturday bus from City Centre to Low usage (average 2-3 passengers). 10, 12 Laverstock, Devizes Road and Stratford Road Stratford Road and return at 2.30/2.42pm. Also, Saturday afternoon service to/from Devizes Road reduced from half hourly to hourly).

Withdraw early morning journey from Hindon, Dinton and to Wilton that gives a 25 Hindon, Dinton & Fovant to Wilton/Salisbury Low usage (average 5 passengers). connection to Salisbury arriving at 6.58am.

Low usage from the villages (average 4 passengers). Alternative buses available Withdraw Saturday shoppers bus journey to from Fovant, , 26 Salisbury, Wilton, Fovant and Tisbury to Shaftesbury from the villages to Salisbury; and passengers from Salisbury to Shaftesbury can Tisbury and Donhead St.Andrew. travel by alternative route (service 29).

Withdraw late evening journeys from Salisbury to Whaddon & Alderbury (these only run 34 Salisbury to Whaddon & Alderbury (evenings) Low usage (average 4 passengers). on Friday & Saturday nights).

Majority of passengers live outside . Other contributing authorities have Withdrawal of evening journeys between Salisbury and Ringwood/Bournemouth after X3 Salisbury - Downton - Ringwood - Bournemouth (or expected to) withdraw financial contribution so the financial impact on Wiltshire approx 8pm on Sunday to Thursday. Council becomes unacceptably high.

Majority of passengers live outside Wiltshire. Hampshire County Council no longer Salisbury - Alderbury - Whiteparish - Landford - X7 / X71 Withdrawal of Sunday service between Salisbury and Southampton. able to contribute financially so the financial impact on becomes Southampton unacceptably high.

Alternative Sunday service now provided by Wilts & service X5. Swindon Withdrawal of Sunday service (alternative Sunday service now provided by Wilts & Dorset 71 Marlborough to Swindon (Sundays) Borough Council no longer able to contribute financially so the financial impact on service X5). Wiltshire Council becomes unacceptably high.

49 Swindon - Devizes - Withdraw Devizes-Trowbridge service after 7pm (one journey in each direction). Low usage (usually less than 3 passengers).

* - includes some other services for which an early decision is required to allow implementation to coincide with other planned service changes in the area

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