APPENDIX 1 Update on Bus Service Review for ECC O&S Panel - March 2015 Weekly Passenger Service Description Bus Review Proposals Additional Notes Numbers Number Oct-13 Oct-14 As per proposal. Route then amended in Jan 15 to incorporate part of Minimum of hourly service for all areas to be retained through most of the day. Timetables 4 / 4A / 5 Fairfield -> Kidderminster via Puxton Drive, Franche, Ferndale route affected by withdrawal of Whittles services. Some initial operating revised. Some new links provided. Comm Comm problems with new route in January. Simliar replacement service between Bromsgrove and Halesowen via Catshill and As per proposal. Service between Bromsgrove and Halesowen provided 007 The Oakalls - Bromsgrove - Halesowen via Catshill, Romsley Romsley. A service between Oakalls and Bromsgrove will be provided by rerouting commercailly and extended to Worcester. N/A N/A another service. As per proposal. Route then amended in Jan 15 to incorporate part of 7 Kidderminster - Fairfield via Greenhill, Sion Hill Similar level of service to be provided, with some retimings route affected withdrawal of Whittles services 728 719 Service not being replaced but close to other bus routes and Community Transport also 7A Kidderminster - Offmore Road Commercial replacement provided. provides an alternative. N/A N/A As per propsal, then revised and extended to serve Lickhill and Burlish in Similar replacement service but incorporating additional Stourport Estates and include Jan 15 following withdrawal of Whittles services. From Dec 2014 15, S15 Kidderminster - Stourport - Bewdley via Wilden Tesco. reduced level of service to Bewdley following withdrawal of Whittles 507 683 services. Timing issues on new Service 15 have now been addressed. As per proposal. Some operational issues with new operator - being 17 Droitwich - Cockshute Hill (Circular) Similar level of service to be provided. addressed by WCC Monitoring Officers 233 193 As per proposal. Some operational issues with new operator - being 18 Droitwich - New Chawson (Chalverton Court) Similar level of service to be provided. addressed by WCC Monitoring Officers 345 353 As per proposal. Some operational issues with new operator - being 19A / 19C Droitwich - Chawson - The Ridings - Meadows Estate - Droitwich Similar level of service to be provided. addressed by WCC Monitoring Officers 888 808 As per proposal. Some operational issues with new operator - being 20 Droitwich - Westlands (- Hampton Lovett) (Circular) Similar level of service to be provided. addressed by WCC Monitoring Officers 1372 1193 21 Worcester -> Winchester Avenue -> Worcester Similar level of revised service to be provided by combining services 21 and 22. As per proposal - no reported issues. 118 168 22 Worcester -> Broadway Grove -> Solitaire Avenue -> Worcester Similar level of revised service to be provided by combining services 21 and 22. As per proposal - no reported issues. Service not being replaced but close to other bus routes and Community Transport also 23 Worcester -> Blanquettes Avenue -> Longfellow Road -> Worcester As per proposal - no reported issues. provides an alternative. N/A N/A 24 Worcester - Kilbury Drive (Circular) via Prestwich Avenue Similar replacement service to be provided as part of a package of services. As per proposal - no reported issues. 65 104 26 / 27 / S27 Worcester - Diglis - Battenhall - Worcester Similar replacement service to be provided but excluding Diglis Lane area to reduce costs. As per proposal, except Diglis Lane still included. 476 639 27 Stratford - Pebworth (Circular) via Welford, Long Marston Service retained. As per proposal - no reported issues. N/A N/A 30 Worcester - Dines Green (Circular): Friday and Saturday Evenings Enhanced service to be provided Monday to Saturday evenings. Commercial enhancement - As per proposal - no reported issues. Comm Comm Service retained but reduced to hourly between City, Bilford Road and Warndon. Service As per proposal. Although the service is now operated commercially, in the evening retained between Henwick Park, University, Arena, City and Hospital only WCC has received complaints about the reduction in service in the 31A / 31C Worcester - Worcestershire Royal Hospital - Warndon - Worcester but other evening and Sunday journeys are withdrawn. No journeys to serve Sixways Bilford Road area, and also the loss of evening journeys particularly Comm Comm Park and Ride. concerning access to Worcestershire Royal Hospital. Northwick (New Inn) - Worcester via Ombersley Road: Friday and 32 Evening journeys not being replaced. As per proposal. Saturday Evenings N/A N/A Worcester - Tolladine - Warndon - Lyppard Centre - Tunnel Hill - 33A / 34A Evening journeys not being replaced. As per proposal. Worcester: Friday and Saturday Evenings N/A N/A Worcester - Blackpole (Circular) via Brickfields, Warndon: Friday and 35 Service retained and extended to Monday to Saturday. Commercial enhancement - As per proposal - no reported issues. Saturday Evenings Comm Comm As per proposal - no reported issues with new Service 42 (Malvern Town Service reduced to hourly between Upton and Malvern. Service). Upton-upon-Severn - Great Malvern via Welland, Hanley Swan, Malvern 41-43 Wells Comm Comm Separate Malvern Town Service to improve operational efficiency, reduced to two-hourly. Replacement buses between Upton and Malvern to be slightly re-timed from April 2015 to address reliabilty issues with school journeys. Similar level of revised service to be provided by combining services 50 and 63, and 50 Redditch - Batchley (Salters Lane) via Cedar Road, Woodlands As per proposal. Now operates as service 53. No reported issues integrating with an Education contract. N/A N/A As per proposal. Most of route now incorporated in commercial Service 60 Redditch - Matchborough West via Abbeydale, Morrison's Slightly improved level of revised service to be provided by combining services 60 and 61. 62. Arthur Jobson House now served by Service 65. Comm Comm Sainsbury's - Abbey Stadium - Redditch - Matchborough East via North Similar level of revised service to be provided to most parts of route by combining services As per proposal. Some issues regarding siting of bus stops on 61 Moons Moat 60 and 61. replacement commercial Service 62. Comm Comm Similar level of revised service to be provided by combining services 50 and 63, and 63 Redditch - Plymouth Road (Circular) via Bentley Close As per proposal. Now operates as Service 53. No reported issues. integrating with an Education contract. N/A N/A As per proposal. Now incorporates Lakeside after withdrawal of section 64 Redditch – Woodrow North via Lodge Park, Greenlands Similar level of revised service to be provided by combining with School services of commercial Service 143. 663 777 As per proposal, except operating 4 days per week instead of the Retained on a minimum of 3 days with reduced number of journeys and combined with a 133 Kidderminster - Droitwich via Chaddesley Corbett, Cutnall Green proposed 3. The timetable was further revised from Feb 2015 to address Droitwich School service. 233 266 some minor reliability issues. Service improved to hourly and operates as through service to 141 Bromsgrove - Droitwich via Wychbold, The Stokes Service retained as now except for slight reduction in Saturday service Longbridge as 145. 2204 1963 145 Redditch - Bromsgrove - Longbridge via Barnt Green Service retained largely as now, except Rubery will be omitted. Service improved to hourly and operates as through service to Droitwich. 166 Worcester - Stratford via Evesham, Bidford-on-Avon: Sundays Sunday service not being replaced. As per proposal. N/A N/A Blackwell - Redditch (St. Bedes) via Lickey, Finstall, Webheath, plus 181 School services to be provided. As per proposal. Education contract from South of Bromsgrove - St Bedes: School service Comm Comm Bromsgrove - Redditch via Elm Grove, Lickey, Cofton Hackett, Barnt 182 / 183 Service to be provided on at least 3 days per week As per proposal, and operating 5 days per week. No reported issues Green, Alvechurch, Rowney Green 238 172 As per proposal. Howvewer service amended in Jan 15 as a result of Whittle's withdrawal. From Jan 15 Stourport - Kidderminster section Service to be provided largely as now with some improvement at the Stourport end of the 192 Stourport - Kidderminster - Halesowen via Burlish, Hagley withdrawn, partially replaced with extended service 15. Complaints route. To include one journey per day via Sculthorpe Road. 2396 2482 ongoing from residents of Lickhill and Burlish re loss of direct service and through service to Halesowen Service not being replaced but close to other bus routes or Blakedown Station for Kidderminster or other destinations for some passengers; Sculthorpe Road estate in Blakedown Rail Station served by one return journey per day diversion of 197 Hagley - Kidderminster via Blakedown Blakedown will be served by a diversion of another route. Community Transport also 192. otherwise as proposal N/A N/A provides alternative. 213 Stourport - Astley Burf (Circular): Friday only Service retained. As per proposal - no reported issues. N/A N/A 291 Tenbury Wells - Kidderminster via Mamble, Bewdley Service to be retained to revised timetable and integration with school contract As per proposal - no reported issues. 683 576 As per proposal. Amended in Dec 14 to cover sections of route affected Kidderminster (Rail Stn) - Ludlow via Bewdley, Hales Park, Cleobury 292 Similar level of service to be provided, with some timetable