Basildon, Castle Point & Rochford Districts 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 Basildon, Castle Point and Rochford 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 Brentwood 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 are shown on pages 11-12. 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 addresson 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. 2 Section 1. Bus Services under review Service 1 Hadleigh – Rayleigh ECC contracted journeys: The whole Sunday and Public Holiday timetable. Proposal: Two options are being considered: Option 1 – To make no changes to the current timetable. Option 2 – To provide a reduced timetable. The journeys to be withdrawn are shown in yellow in the timetable below (see proposed timetable). 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 journeys may be withdrawn. Current timetable HADLEIGH - THUNDERSLEY - RAYLEIGH Sundays and Holiday Mondays Hadleigh, Church 2041 2141 2241 2341 Hadleigh, Victoria House Corner 2043 2143 2243 2343 Thundersley, Kenneth Road 2045 2145 2245 2345 Thundersley, Woodmans Arms 2049 2149 2249 2349 Rayleigh, Rail Station 2054 2154 2254 2354 Rayleigh, Rail Station 2120 2220 2320 Rayleigh, High Street 2123 2223 2323 Thundersley, Woodmans Arms 2129 2229 2329 Thundersley, Kenneth Road 2133 2233 2333 Hadleigh, Victoria House Corner 2137 2237 2337 Hadleigh, Church 2140 2240 2340 3 Service 1A Basildon – Pitsea ECC contracted journeys: The whole Saturday timetable. Proposal: Two options are being considered: Option 1 – To make no changes to the current timetable. Option 2 – To provide a reduced timetable. The journeys to be withdrawn are shown in yellow in the timetable below. 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 journeys may be withdrawn. Current timetable PITSEA - BASILDON 1A Saturdays only Pitsea, Broadway East 0915 1020 1125 1230 Pitsea, Halstow Way 0917 1022 1127 1232 Ashlyns, Eastbrooks 0921 1026 1131 1236 Lincoln Road, Hereford Walk 0926 1031 1136 1241 Whitmore Way, Grimston Road 0928 1033 1138 1243 Fryerns, Southcote Crescent 0929 1034 1139 1244 Glebe Field, Fair Mead 0936 1041 1146 1251 Basildon, Bus Station 0944 1049 1154 1259 BASILDON BUS STATION - PITSEA 1A Saturdays only Basildon, Bus Station 0843 0948 1055 1200 Glebe Field, Fair Mead 0851 0956 1103 1208 Fryerns, Southcote Crescent 0858 1003 1110 1215 Whitmore Way, Grimston Road 0859 1004 1111 1216 Lincoln Road, Hereford Walk 0901 1006 1113 1218 Ashlyns, Eastbrooks 0904 1009 1116 1221 Pitsea, Halstow Way 0908 1013 1120 1225 Pitsea, Broadway East 0910 1015 1122 1227 4 Service 7 Shoeburyness/Hockley – Rayleigh ECC contracted journeys: Monday to Saturday evening journeys. Proposal: Three options are being considered: Option 1 – To make no changes to the current timetable. Option 2 – To provide a reduced timetable (see proposed timetable). Option 3 – To withdraw the contracted elements of the service. Reason for change: This service at tender is likely to exceed our maximum subsidy level of £5 per passenger journey. A smaller vehicle may be used to reduce the cost. Current timetable SHOEBURYNESS - THORPE BAY - SOUTHEND - ROCHFORD - ASHINGDON - HOCKLEY - RAYLEIGH 7 Mondays to Saturdays Notes : NS NS S S Shoeburyness, Renown 1830 - 1825 - 1900 - 1930 - 2000 - 2030 - 2100 - - 2200 - - Shoeburyness, Asda Store 1833 - 1828 - 1903 - 1933 - 2003 - 2033 - 2103 - - 2203 - - Southend, Thorpe Bay Rail Station 1839 - 1834 - 1909 - 1939 - 2009 - 2039 - 2109 - - 2209 - - Woodgrange Drive, Lifstan Way 1842 - 1837 - 1912 - 1942 - 2012 - 2042 - 2112 - - 2212 - - Southend Travel Centre, Stop K ARR 1848 - 1843 - 1918 - 1948 - 2018 - 2048 - 2118 - - 2218 - - DEP 1851 - 1845 - 1921 - 1951 - 2021 - 2051 - 2121 - 2200 - 2300 2327 Southend, Victoria Avenue, Civic Centre 1855 - 1849 - 1925 - 1955 - 2025 - 2055 - 2125 - 2203 - 2303 2330 Southend, Prittlewell Chase, General Hospital 1901 - 1856 - 1931 - 2001 - 2031 - 2101 - 2131 - 2208 - 2308 - Southend Airport, Warners Bridge 1907 - 1902 - 1937 - 2007 - 2037 - 2107 - 2137 - 2213 - 2313 2336 Rochford, Square 1912 - 1907 - 1942 - 2012 - 2042 - 2112 - 2142 - 2218F - 2318 2339 Golden Cross, Post Office 1911 - 1911 - 1946 - 2016 - 2046 - 2116 - 2146 - 2222 - 2322 - Hawkwell, Nursery Corner - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ashingdon, Schools 1921 - 1916 - 1951 - 2021 - 2051 - 2121 - 2151 - 2226 - 2326 - Hockley, Spa Road 1926 1929 1922 1925 1956 1959 2026 2029 2056 2059 2126 2129 2156 2159 2230 - 2330 - Rayleigh, Websters Way - 1937 - 1933 2007 - 2037 - 2107 - 2137 - 2207 2237 - 2337 - Rayleigh, Rail Station - 1939 - 1936 2009 - 2039 - 2109 - 2139 - 2209 2240 - - - RAYLEIGH-HOCKLEY-ASHINGDON-ROCHFORD-SOUTHEND-THORPE BAY- SHOEBURYNESS 7 Mondays to Saturdays Notes : Rayleigh, Rail Station 1943 - 2015 - 2045 - 2115 - 2145 - 2215 2245 - - Rayleigh, High Street 1946 - 2018 - 2048 - 2118 - 2148 - 2218 2248 - 2338 Hockley, Spa Road 1956 2000 2028 2030 2058 2100 2128 2130 2158 2200 2224 2254 - 2343 Ashingdon, Schools - 2005 - 2035 - 2105 - 2135 - 2205 2229 2259 - 2349 Golden Cross, Post Office - 2010 - 2040 - 2110 - 2140 - 2210 2234 2304 - 2354 Rochford, East Street - 2014 - 2044 - 2114 - 2144 - 2214 2338 2308 - 2358F Southend Airport, Warners Bridge - 2018 - 2048 - 2118 - 2148 - 2218 2242 2312 - - Southend, Prittlewell Chase, General Hospital - 2024 - 2054 - 2124 - 2154 - 2224 2247 2317 - - Southend, Victoria Avenue, Civic Centre - 2029 - 2058 - 2128 - 2159 - 2228 2253 2323 - - Southend Travel Centre ARR - 2032 - 2102 - 2132 - 2202 - 2232 2255 2325 - - DEP - 2037 - - - 2137 - - - 2237 - - 2337 - Southend, Woodgrange Drive, Lifstan Way - 2042 - - - 2142 - - - 2242 - - 2342 - Southend, Thorpe Bay Rail Station - 2045 - - - 2145 - - - 2245 - - 2345 - Shoeburyness, Asda Store - 2051 - - - 2151 - - - 2251 - - 2351 - Shoeburyness, Renown - 2054 - - - 2154 - - - 2254 - - 2354 - Great Wakering, Church - - - - - - - - - 2259 - - 2359 - Little Wakering Corner - - - - - - - - - 2301 - - 0001 - Note - Shaded blue times are the journeys operated under S - Saturdays Only contract to Essex County Council. The remaining journeys N-S - Not Saturdays are operated on a commercial basis