Epping Forest District Questionnaire for Essex County Council Local Bus Network Review Consultation August 2016 Background In 2015 Essex County Council (ECC) began a thorough review of its financial support for those local bus services that it pays for across the County. This consultation is the start of the second part of the review and looks at 70 services across Essex where the current contract ends in 2017. We have grouped together services by geographical area of the County so it is easy to see whether your service is part of the review. Most bus services in Essex are run by commercial operators. The County Council’s role is to decide, where the commercial operators do not provide a service, whether one is needed and if it determines that one is, then to provide it. To help make this decision ECC looks at many factors including what alternatives are available, how many people use them and whether they offer value for money. The Council will not normally continue to support a service where it pays the operator £5.00 or more per passenger carried after all revenue (from fares of all types including the concessionary bus pass scheme) has been taken into account. This is the Cost Per Passenger Journey (CPPJ). A number of the services in this review were last tendered in 2009/10 and the prices agreed then are therefore relatively low compared to prices today. In addition ECC has not increased many of its fares since 2009. As a result a number of bus services in this review are currently close to or exceeding the £5.00 CPPJ upper support limit and are very likely to exceed it after tender. Given this position, the County Council is looking at a range of options to reduce the cost of providing the services, while maintaining key transport links. This could mean reduced frequencies or reduced hours or days of operation or changes to routes. ECC also needs to manage the network in light of changes to the commercial bus network, travel demand and changing corporate priorities over time. This document seeks to explain in more detail the proposed timetable changes to the Epping Forest Network of bus services. We will collate the responses from the survey and summarise them as part of our report. We will not identify individual people, and your name will not be mentioned in any reports that we write for this purpose. You do not have to take part if you do not want to – this is a voluntary activity. Please complete this survey and return to: Freepost RTKH-XUBZ-CJZS, Essex County Council, Bus Review (Passenger Transport E1), County Hall, CHELMSFORD, CM1 1QH If you require assistance with this survey or require it in an alternative format, such as large print or audio, please call 03457 430430 or email us at [email protected] to arrange this. Please complete and return the survey by Wednesday 28 September 2016. 1 ECC currently funds a number of bus services that serve the Epping Forest District that are included within this review. Shown below are the proposed changes to each service and the reasons for the proposed change. A list of services is shown on page 21-23. How to complete this survey We have listed the timetables and the proposals at the start of the survey (Section 1). Please complete the Questionnaires in Section 2 and 3 and return to the Freepost address on page 1 (the pages are perforated to make it easy to tear off). Your comments may relate to one service only or to several. If you are commenting on several services and your comments differ for each please show which comments relate to each service. Please note Transport for London recently carried out a consultation on service 167. It does not form part of this consultation. 2 Section 1. Bus Services under review Service 32 Chelmsford – Ongar ECC contracted journeys: The whole Monday to Saturday timetable. Proposal: There are no changes to the current timetable proposed. Reason for change: The service is not currently exceeding the maximum cost per passenger journey. If when tendered the service exceeds £5 some or all of the service may be withdrawn. 3 Service 46 Chelmsford – Ongar CHELMSFORD - ROXWELL - ONGAR 46 Monday - Saturday Chelmsford Bus Station 0828 1015 1315 1615 1805 ECC contracted journeys: The whole Monday to SaturdayChelmsford, timetable.H&M Store 0830 1017 1317 1617 1807 Writtle, Lordship Road 0841 1025 1325 1625 1818 Proposal: There is a revision to theRoxwell, timetable nr The Hare (see proposed0846 1030 timetable).1330 1630 1823 Roxwell, Village Hall 0849 1033 1333 1633 1826 Reason for change: This will give an enhancementRoxwell, St ofMichaels the Drive current 0850service1034 and1334 may1634 help1827 increase passenger numbers.Willingale, Maltsters Arms 0901 1045 1345 1645 1838 Fyfield, Queens Head 0908 1052 1352 1652 1845 Ongar, Four Wantz 0912 1056 1356 1656 1849 Ongar, Kings Inn 0915 1059 1359 1659 1852 Ongar, Two Brewers 0917 1101 1401 1701 1854 Current timetable CHELMSFORD - ROXWELL - ONGAR 46 ONGAR - ROXWELL - CHELMSFORD 46 Monday - Saturday Monday - Saturday Chelmsford Bus Station 0828 1015 1315 1615 1805 Ongar, Two Brewers 0730 0920 1220 1520 1710 Chelmsford, H&M Store 0830 1017 1317 1617 1807 Ongar, Kings Inn 0732 0922 1222 1522 1712 Writtle, Lordship Road 0841 1025 1325 1625 1818 CHELMSFORDOngar, Four Wantz - ROXWELL0735 - ONGAR0925 1225 1525 1715 46 Roxwell, nr The Hare 0846 1030 1330 1630 1823 MondayFyfield, Queens - Saturday Head 0739 0929 1229 1529 1719 Roxwell, Village Hall 0849 1033 1333 1633 1826 ChelmsfordWillingale, Maltsters Bus Station Arms 07460828 09361015 12361245 15361435 17261615 1804 Roxwell, St Michaels Drive 0850 1034 1334 1634 1827 Chelmsford,Roxwell, St H&MMichaels Store Drive 07570830 09471017 1247 15471437 17371617 1807 Willingale, Maltsters Arms 0901 1045 1345 1645 1838 Writtle,Roxwell, Lordship Village Road Hall 07580841 09481025 12481258 15481448 17381625 1818 Fyfield, Queens Head 0908 1052 1352 1652 1845 Roxwell,Roxwell, nr nr The The Hare Hare 08020846 09521030 12521303 15521453 17421630 1823 Ongar, Four Wantz 0912 1056 1356 1656 1849 Roxwell,Writtle, LordshipVillage Hall Rd 08070849 09571033 12571306 15571456 17471633 1826 Ongar, Kings Inn 0915 1059 1359 1659 1852 Roxwell,Chelmsford, St Michaels Retail Market Drive 08180850 10051034 13051307 16051457 17571634 1827 Ongar, Two Brewers 0917 1101 1401 1701 1854 Willingale,Chelmsford Maltsters Bus Station Arms 08200901 10071045 13071318 16071508 17591645 1838 Fyfield, Queens Head 0908 1052 1325 1515 1652 1845 Ongar, Four Wantz 0912 1056 1329 1519 1656 1849 ONGAR - ROXWELL - CHELMSFORD 46 Ongar, Kings Inn 0915 1059 1332 1522 1659 1852 Monday - Saturday Ongar, Two Brewers 0917 1101 1335 1524 1701 1854 ProposedOngar, Two Brewers timetable 0730 0920 1220 1520 1710 Ongar, Kings Inn 0732 0922 1222 1522 1712 Ongar,CHELMSFORD Four Wantz - ROXWELL0735 - ONGAR0925 1225 1525 1715 46 ONGAR - ROXWELL - CHELMSFORD 46 Fyfield,Monday Queens - Saturday Head 0739 0929 1229 1529 1719 Monday - Saturday Willingale,Chelmsford Maltsters Bus Station Arms 07460828 09361015 12361245 15361435 17261615 1804 Ongar, Two Brewers 0730 0920 1105 1340 1528 1710 Roxwell,Chelmsford, St Michaels H&M Store Drive 07570830 09471017 12471247 15471437 17371617 1807 Ongar, Kings Inn 0732 0922 1107 1342 1522 1712 Roxwell,Writtle, Lordship Village HallRoad 07580841 09481025 12481258 15481448 17381625 1818 Ongar, Four Wantz 0735 0925 1110 1345 1525 1715 Roxwell, nr The Hare 08020846 09521030 12521303 15521453 17421630 1823 Fyfield, Queens Head 0739 0929 1114 1349 1529 1719 Writtle,Roxwell, Lordship Village HallRd 08070849 09571033 12571306 15571456 17471633 1826 Willingale, Maltsters Arms 0746 0936 1121 1356 1536 1726 Chelmsford,Roxwell, St Michaels Retail Market Drive 08180850 10051034 13051307 16051457 17571634 1827 Roxwell, St Michaels Drive 0757 0947 1132 1407 1547 1737 ChelmsfordWillingale, Maltsters Bus Station Arms 08200901 10071045 13071318 16071508 17591645 1838 Roxwell, Village Hall 0758 0948 1133 1408 1548 1738 Fyfield, Queens Head 0908 1052 1325 1515 1652 1845 Roxwell, nr The Hare 0802 0952 1136 1411 1552 1742 Ongar, Four Wantz 0912 1056 1329 1519 1656 1849 Writtle, Lordship Rd 0807 0957 1141 1416 1557 1747 Ongar, Kings Inn 0915 1059 1332 1522 1659 1852 Chelmsford, Retail Market 0818 1005 1152 1427 1605 1757 Ongar, Two Brewers 0917 1101 1335 1524 1701 1854 Chelmsford Bus Station 0820 1007 1156 1431 1609 1759 ONGAR - ROXWELL - CHELMSFORD 46 Monday - Saturday Ongar, Two Brewers 0730 0920 1105 1340 1528 1710 Ongar, Kings Inn 0732 0922 1107 1342 1522 1712 Ongar, Four Wantz 0735 0925 1110 1345 1525 1715 Fyfield, Queens Head 0739 0929 1114 1349 1529 1719 Willingale, Maltsters Arms 0746 0936 1121 1356 1536 1726 Roxwell, St Michaels Drive 0757 0947 1132 1407 1547 1737 Roxwell, Village Hall 0758 0948 1133 1408 1548 1738 Roxwell, nr The Hare 0802 0952 1136 1411 1552 1742 Writtle, Lordship Rd 0807 0957 1141 1416 1557 1747 Chelmsford, Retail Market 0818 1005 1152 1427 1605 1757 Chelmsford Bus Station 0820 1007 1156 1431 1609 1759 4 Service 46A-G Epping – Ongar ECC contracted journeys: The whole Monday to Saturday timetables Proposal: There will be a major timetable change (see proposed timetables), the service may be replaced with a demand responsive service or the service may be withdrawn. Three options are being considered: Option 1 – To continue to provide timetabled shopper services using a smaller vehicle (see proposed timetables for service SB10, SB11 & SB12 on page 7). Option 2 – Replace the timetabled service with a demand responsive service (DRT). The demand responsive service would run between 8am and 6pm Monday to Saturday. Other DRT schemes have shown increased patronage because it increases transport opportunities and improved access to healthcare services and shopping in Harlow, Epping and Ongar. (For more information on Demand Responsive Transport see page 20).