Dorset County Council Summer Edition Travel times 2015 Southern Dorset Area Area Bus Guide from 26 May 2015 Introduction Welcome to the Southern Dorset Area Bus guide. This guide is one of three produced by Dorset County Council that cover the county of Dorset excluding Bournemouth and Poole. Timetables covering Bournemouth and Poole are produced by morebus and Yellow Buses. Wincanton Wiltshire Dorset County Council Gillingham Somerset Guides: Shaftesbury Sherborne Yeovil Sturminster Newton Alderholt l Northern Dorset Area Crewkerne Northern Eastern Dorset Dorset Hampshire l Southern Dorset Area Thorncombe Cerne Abbas Blandford Wimborne Forum l Eastern Dorset Area Devon Beaminster Maiden Minster Ferndown Newton Puddletown Lyme Regis Christchurch Poole Bridport The County Council also Bournemouth Dorchester publishes a full colour Southern Wareham map showing the local Dorset Weymouth bus network. Swanage Portland These publications are available from libraries, Tourist Information Centres, most rural Post Offices or directly from the Council at: Dorset Passenger Transport, Environment & the Economy, Dorset County Council, County Hall, Dorchester, DT1 1XJ Tel: 01305 224518 Minicom: 01305 267933 Web: www.dorsetforyou.com/traveldorset Email: [email protected] Large print Copies of individual timetables can be downloaded and printed from our website www.dorsetforyou.com/traveldorset . Alternatively telephone Dorset Passenger Transport on 01305 224518 and we will send you one. Each timetable is on A4 paper and the print size is approximately double that in the guides. Front cover image: Lyme Regis - view towards Golden Cap and Portland – courtesy of Mark Simons Design, digital cartography and print by Pindar Creative ww w. pinda rcreative.co.uk Welcome to your Southern Area Bus Guide This Southern Bus Guide is valid from 26 May 2015 until further notice. The Dorset County Bus Guides are currently produced in a set of three books with one guide for each of the Northern, Southern and Eastern areas of Dorset. The map inside the front cover highlights the main area featured within the guide and helps identify which guide is needed. These guides include a large number of timetables which allow passengers to make longer journeys using fewer guides. We do not include full rail timetables in our guides; however this information is widely available in both printed and electronic formats from National Rail, the individual train operators or from traveline. Links to all these sources are available through www.dorsetforyou.com/traveldorset which also includes journey planning, live bus times from any stop in Dorset, live travel alerts and roadworks information. Contents Page Welcome to your Southern Area Bus Guide .................................................................... 1 Public holidays, School term dates and the County Council’s Role ................................ 2 List of operators ................................................................................................................ 3 List of services ................................................................................................................ 4-5 Concessionary fares .......................................................................................................... 5 Index of places served in this guide .............................................................................. 6-9 Community transport ...................................................................................................... 10 Hospital transport for patients in Dorset ...................................................................... 10 Bus timetables .......................................................................................................... 11-91 National Express services .......................................................................................... 92-94 Rail Summaries .......................................................................................................... 95-96 Shared Taxi service .......................................................................................................... 96 Bridport Town Centre map ............................................................................................ 97 Lyme Regis Town map .................................................................................................... 98 Portland map .................................................................................................................. 99 Swanage Town Centre map .......................................................................................... 100 Wareham Town Centre map ........................................................................................ 101 Dorchester Town Centre map ...................................................................................... 102 Where to Board your Bus in Dorchester map .............................................................. 103 Weymouth Town Centre map ...................................................................................... 104 Where to Board your Bus in Weymouth map ........................................ Inside back cover Disclaimer Every effort has been made to ensure that the timetables are up to date and accurate at the time of publication. However, Dorset County Council cannot accept any responsibility for any loss, damage, injury or inconvenience caused by the cancellation, late-running, diversion or of any error in the timetable of a service for whatever reason. Non-regular users of a service are advised to check with the operator before travelling. 1 Public holidays Generally, services do not operate on Christmas Day or Boxing Day. During the Christmas and New Year period operators may run revised services. For details of services during this period and on other Public Holidays contact the relevant operator. School terms Some services or journeys operate on school days only. The term dates for Dorset County Schools are: Summer Term 2015: 13 April – 20 July (Half-term 25 – 29 May) Autumn Term 2015: 1 September – 18 December (Half-term 26 – 30 October) Spring Term 2016: 4 January – 24 March (Half-term 15 – 19 February) These dates are an indication – individual schools may vary their term dates slightly to accommodate staff training days. Schools in Bournemouth, Poole and adjoining counties may have different term dates. Please check with the operator before travelling. College term dates may vary. 24 hour clock 24 All timings in this book are presented in the 24 hour clock format. 23 13 12 22 11 1 14 To read the times all you have to remember is that after midday, 10 2 the times shown have 12 added to them. For example 4pm is 21 9 3 15 8 4 20 16 shown as 1600, 5.30pm as 1730 and so on. The times shown on the 7 6 5 19 17 example are 0445 in the morning or 1645 in the afternoon. 18 Local bus services and the County Council’s role Local bus services fall into two categories: Commercial services are the responsibility of the operator concerned and Dorset County Council has limited powers to influence their operation. Any matters relating to these services should be directed to the operator. Contact details are in the list of operators. If you are unsatisfied with their response, contact the Traffic Commissioners: Western Traffic Area Office, Hillcrest House, 386 Harehills Lane, Leeds, LS9 6NF. Telephone 0300 123 9000. Subsidised services are operated on behalf of Dorset County Council to whom all related matters should be directed. The services indicated by the lion symbol are wholly or partially financially supported by the County Council. 2 List of operators in this guide Damory Salisbury Road, Pimperne, Blandford Forum, Dorset DT11 8TU t: 01202 338 420 w: www.damory.co.uk e: [email protected] Dorset Community Transport 25E Sunrise Park, Higher Shaftesbury Road, Blandford Forum, Dorset DT11 8ST t: 01258 287980 w: www.ectcharity.co.uk/services/dorset e: [email protected] First Wessex, Dorset & South Somerset First Wessex, Empress Road, Southampton SO14 0JW t: 0333 014 3490 w: www.firstgroup.com/ukbus/dorset e: contactdorset@firstgroup.com more Towngate House, 2-8 Parkstone Road, Poole, Dorset BH15 2PR t: 01202 338 420 w: www.morebus.co.uk e: [email protected] South West Coaches Ltd 11 Oak Way, Lufton Business Park, Yeovil, Somerset BA22 8HS t: 01935 475872 w: www.southwestcoaches.co.uk e: [email protected] National Express t: 08717 818178 w: www.nationalexpress.com National Rail t: 08457 48 49 50 w: www.nationalrail.co.uk traveline t: 0871 200 22 33 w: www.travelinesw.com Tourist Information Centres www.visit-dorset.com Bridport TIC 01308 424901 Discover Purbeck TIC 01929 552740 Dorchester TIC 01305 267992 Swanage TIC 01929 422885 Lyme Regis TIC 01297 442138 Weymouth TIC 01305 561643 Low-floor / accessible vehicles LOW Services showing this symbol are usually run using accessible vehicles. FLOOR Please check with the operator before travelling. There is no BUS guarantee that there will be space on a vehicle at any given time. 3 List of services in this guide Service Route Operator Page 1 Dorchester Town Service - Poundbury Road Damory 11 2 Dorchester Town Service - Manor Park Damory 12 6 Dorchester - Poundbury - Dorchester Damory 13 X11 Dorchester - Cerne Abbas - Sherborne - Yeovil Damory 14-15 X12 Salisbury - Blandford - Weymouth Damory 16-17 X3 1 Dorchester - Bridport - Axminster First Wessex 18-21 X43 ● Dorchester - Weymouth - Wool - Swanage Damory 22 X53 Exeter