Executive – 4 September 2002 - Item 13E-Annex 2

WITNEY AREA REVIEW - SUMMARY OF RESPONSES			
			
Respondent	Summary of response	Comment	
			
Operators			
			
Villager

	Willing to continue existing routes with financial support uprated for inflation.
Suggests cutting out duplication of buses and would offer bus for new route in our area. 	Support

	
County & District Councils			
			
Gloucestershire CC

	a) Would like us to tender for St Johns Priory Park diversion in Lechlade (as per February 2002).	Discussions ongoing whether Faringdon Community Bus could extend to Lechlade from Buscot Weir.	
	b) Would like connection with Cirencester service 77, but would destroy headway with service 74.  Could three timetables be rationalised?	According to timetables, services 74 & 77 are commercial, therefore not able to amend.	
Oxford City Council Tourist Manager (telephone call)

	Supports retention of Oxford-Burford service.  Oxford is important touring base and encourages people to stay and explore surrounding area, promoting sustainable tourism.  A Burford service is important for this.		
West Oxfordshire DC

	a) Cotswold Wildlife Park should be serviced either by detour of service 64 via Shilton or rerouting X3 from Burford via Bradwell Grove, Cotswold WLP, Shilton, Carterton, Minster Lovell to Witney.  Highlights road safety problems with passengers for WLP alighting at Burford roundabout and walking 1.5 miles along A361 where there is no pavement.  		
	b) OCC should consider feeder services on trial basis to fast trunk bus routes along A40 and [new] Witney-Abingdon route.		
	c) It should be established whether there is a need for service 42 to extend through to Kidlington.		
	d) Is asking OCC to take into account highway parking problems in Heath Lane, Bladon which impede buses.		
	e) Requests reinstatement of Witney services 12/15 on Saturday afternoons on trial basis.		
Town & Parish Councils			
(** denotes comments 
submitted via West Oxfordshire District Council)			
Alvescot

	a) 19 Taxibus requires more suitable vehicle for disabled & elderly.
b) Allegations of insufficient capacity on TB 19 for all travellers especially on Thursdays (Carterton market day)
c) Allegations of 19 leaving Bampton before TB 19 arrives
d) Difficulties of accessing doctor at new Health Centre in Carterton.  Are there plans to put on connecting bus service? 
Service 64 should continue to the Kencot turn (north end of Alvescot) rather than take the Kencot-Carterton cut-off.  Could the service be diverted right into the village and turn at the car park or cross roads? 	Thames Travel due to bring appropriate vehicle into service 17.6.02
) Subsequent comment from 
)       Parish that situation
) has recently improved.

	
Ascott-under Wychwood**	a) The “recent” daily rail link service to Charlbury is a great improvement over the previous inadequate 3x /week service, (passenger numbers have been remarked on as being low but the users think it excellent).  Re-routing the Witney bus (no.74) through the village in 2001 was also an improvement.
b) No weekend bus service; hoped that the Saturday rail link will be reinstated.		
Aston, Cote, Shifford & Chimney

	a) Leave service 18 as is.  Any attempt to re-route to Carterton would build in more chance of delays.
b) Service 19 not so satisfactory since Thames Travel took over.  Connections with service 18 often don't meet, leaving people waiting for unacceptable time. No usage from Lew.  Route should revert to Witney - Ducklington - Aston - Bampton - Clanfield (and return).
c) Could service 19 run to Sainsbury's in Witney?  

Aston**

	Access to Bampton (local doctors’ surgery) worsened due to recent 2hr frequency - no18 bus should run hourly rather than 2 hourly; this route is increasing in popularity		
Bampton

	a) Reinstate original Stagecoach 19 service route and timing (with minor enhancements).  	

	
	b) TB 19 problematic because of size of vehicle (elderly & disabled access).  	See comment for Alvescot.
	
	c) Return route in Bampton to original route.  
	Bushey Row has bus shelter.  Problems in Market Place
because of parking.  This could be solved by bus stop clearway and reasonable enforcement by police/traffic wardens.	
	d) Problems in returning to Aston from Bampton (via Lew & Witney).
	If current service 19/TB 19 were to continue, TB 19 
could continue alternate hours to Aston and turn at Green.	
	e) Request for evening bus to Carterton/Witney.  New Leisure Centre at Carterton will increase demand. 		
	f) Service 19 more vital for village.  If funding were problem, scrap service 18 in favour of 19, but start earlier.  		
Bampton (Cllr Phillips)
(telephone call)	a) Services 18 & TB19 acceptable.  Passenger loadings are increasing on 18.		
	b) Problems of passengers returning to Aston from Bampton having to travel via Witney 		
	c) Re-routing of buses in Bampton causes problems for elderly living off Aston Road.  Could buses use main road and depart from Market Square?	Parking problems in Market Square.  Bus clearway orders would need to be imposed with satisfactory police/warden enforcement.	
Bladon 

	a) Heath Lane deviation extremely important - must be retained

	Parking must be sorted out.  Double yellow lines need to be extended and systematic enforcement of regulations carried out by police/wardens.  Some buses miss out this leg of the route, since they find it difficult/impossible to get through.	
	b) Reduction in service 42 to 2-hourly would lead to reduction of 
passengers & discourage PT travel.  A 2-hour gap between buses would leave too much time in Woodstock (shoppers) or Bladon (tourists)		
	c) Peak services need retiming. 0808 arrival in Woodstock misses 
0807 service 20 to Oxford (orginally Bladon Parish request, but Stagecoach have amended).  		
	d) 1720 & 1830 journeys from Woodstock to Witney are particularly useful connections for passengers from Oxford.		
	e) Connection to Kidlington would be useful for some passengers, but would be more viable if it embraced Langford Lane Business Park ("growing fast") and Banbury Road/Marston Ferry Road with connection to hospitals. Terminating at the new Park & Ride at Water Eaton would give opportunity to avoid extra Banbury Road buses. 		
	f) Limited demand for connection for 0809 train at Hanborough continuing to Witney to deliver 3 children to Wood Green School (currently car driven returning by bus).  Advancing 0738 from Witney would achieve this and connect with 0807 bus to Oxford (see (c) above		
	g) Need for area single operator or inter-availability of tickets/passes		
	h) Poor time keeping on service 42 has led to loss of passengers.  Heath Lane causes problems).  Deviation in Witney (Farmers Close, Crawley Road etc. causes problems and prolongs journey.  Witney estates should be served by discrete service. 	see (a)

	
	I) Inadequate timing on changeover from service 15 to 42 with arrival and departure at same time	Agree!
	
	j) Witney terminus should be Sainsbury's		
	k) If Witney-Abingdon service is introduced, could this be linked to 11/42?		
Carterton

	a) OCC should be aware of major issues which will impact on future services: viz. Rapid growth of the NE development, new Leisure Centre (summer 2003), new CoE Primary School (Jan 2003), new link road (?late 2003?).		
	b) Would like to see increase in frequency of town services and increase in number of days on which it runs.		
	c) OCC should be aware of various issues which will impact on future  bus services, viz. Rapid growth of NE Carterton, new Leisure Centre (summer 2003), new CofE Primary School (Jan 2003), A40 link road)		
	d) Leisure Centre will create demand for evening services		
	e) Wants increase in frequency of town services and in days of operation		
	f) Supports replacing C3 with enhanced X3(??) service via Carterton through to Burford via Cotswold Wildlife Park		
	g) Would like link to Milton Park Trading Estate, (extending service 18 to Carterton and linking with new Witney-Abingdon bus would provide)		
	h) Crucial to retain service 64, but timetable does not suit Honda workers.  Could we liaise with Honda over workforce bus service?		
	I) Criticisms over TB 19 vehicles		
	j) Stagecoach service only operates one way round town with no return service.  Could this be provided?		
	k) Problems (esp. for elderly) accessing new health centre.  Could certain buses be re-routed to serve this (& Leisure Centre).		
Charlbury**	a) Good links to Witney, Chipping Norton & Oxford, Monday–Saturday; few adverse comments received.  A recent adverse change of route – no. 69 - (away from the Slade) caused problems, but dialogue with the operator (Worths) restored it in part (but unclear which buses now go via the Slade).	These comments received in answer to WODC's 
general call for Public Transport comments.  Apart from service 69 comments, do we want to follow up? (Next area review October 2003)?	
	b) Request for introduction of a late evening service returning from Woodstock – Woodstock has evening services to/from Oxford.		
	c) Greater accuracy & availability of timetables (at bus-stops) could clarify the no. 69 route details.		
	d) Taxi-bus to the station is appreciated but low numbers restrict it to weekdays; there can also be problems in getting to the station in time for the train.		
Clanfield**	a) Pleased with the subsidised bus (Thames Travel) to Oxford.		
	b) Recently introduced minibus causes access problems for elderly passengers.		
	c) Main concern is of cost of fare to Witney (Stagecoach); also no bus services after 18:00.		
Finstock**	a) Pleased with the hourly bus service through Finstock to Witney.		
	b) The train/bus link has a gradual increase in users, and has the full support of the Parish Council.  Use of this type of transport is being encouraged.		
Freeland

	a) Disastrous if Eynsham-Oxford link on service 11 were to be discontinued.  Cutting the Freeland-Oxford Rail Station link would be unacceptable.		
	b) Service 11 should continue to North Leigh		
	c) Service 11/42 should link in with specific train journeys at Hanborough.  		
	d) Service 42 should continue hourly during peak hours.  Usage would probably increase if bus operated via Freeland and extension to Kidlington might be beneficial		
	e) Evening service 11 should be widely publicised.  No advertising for it has been seen.		
	d) Service 42 should continue hourly during peak hours.  Usage would probably increase if bus operated via Freeland, and extension to Kidlington might be beneficial		
	e) Evening service 11 should be widely publicised.  No advertising for it has been seen.		
	f) Service from Freeland/Hanborough to Hospitals would be useful.		
Freeland**	a) Weekend late evening service to Oxford via Freeland welcomed, but not always reliable – twice there has been no return from Oxford on a Saturday evening.		
	b) Could some no. 11 Oxford buses travel direct to the JR hospital to help staff and visitors.		
Hailey
	Parish very pleased with current level of service and would hate to lose this.		
Hanborough	a) Service 42 should be extended in Witney to run as far as Sainsbury's.  		
	b) If timetable were re-jigged, service 42 should run to Kidlington and possibly on to North Oxford. 		
	c) Service 11 should be retained on current frequency, but with extra bus to Oxford bridging the 90-minute gap between 0800 & 0930 from Hanborough (North Leigh gap is 105 minutes!). 		
	d) Universal objection to termination of service 11 at Eynsham, especially because of overcrowding and unreliability of Eynsham buses at peak times.  Could some service 100 buses start from Eynsham to give these passengers a chance?		
	e) Supports retiming of services 11 & 42 to give better headway between Hanborough & Witney. More co-ordination would be welcome.		
	f) Use of evening service 11 most disappointing, but failure to publicise service and times responsible. 		
	g) Call from certain passengers for some service 11 buses to operate via North Oxford, but a reduction of buses via West Oxford to 2-hourly would doubtless have effect on patronage.		
	h) Eliminating Heath Close (Bladon) diversion might well improve time-keeping.  In particular the 0800 Bladon to Woodstock bus has great difficulty in getting back onto the A4095 because of continuous traffic. 		
	I) Hourly service 42 is highly desirable but not essential, especially if local Witney needs can be otherwise provided.		
	j) Interlinking of bus and train at Hanborough highly desirable, especially in evening when there is currently no connection  (train misses bus by a couple of minutes).		
Kencot
	Service 64 should be retained - although not without problems, current level is best option		
Kingham**	Generally a good service for a small village; the train link bus is particularly appreciated.		
Milton-under-Wychwood**	The bus service is welcomed (recently introduced) and running well; no complaints over level of bus fares; it is used regularly and helps provide some independence for passengers.		
Minster Lovell

	All services are important.  As a village we cannot afford to lose any of them.  Service on Friday/Saturday evenings is especially important for younger generation.		
Minster Lovell**	a) Generally well served during the daytime but no early morning or late afternoon services which would allow residents to commute to work in either Witney or Carterton.		
	b) Need for late night services from Witney and Carterton to run through Minster to allow young people to return from Pubs/Clubs etc.  (night-time services all run through Curbridge – can, say, alternate ones be routed via Minster?)		
North Leigh	a) Services 11/42 should not run so close together		
	b) Service 11 should continue through to Oxford, via Botley Road		
North Leigh**	a) Poor timing of two services (no11, no42) results in them arriving too close together – poor co-ordination.		
	b) Level of fares; need to return to a weekly budget ticket		
	c) Buses not co-ordinated with train times at Long Hanborough.		
	d) Need for direct service from the district to Oxford hospital sites.		
Ramsden	Services for Ramsden very poor – infrequency; also lack of return buses causing problems particularly to younger people (and expense due to having to taken taxis).		
South Leigh
	a) Supports the idea of using school bus as general local public transport		
	b) Wants Thursday shoppers' bus to continue since proposed Abingdon-Witney link will not help the village.		
	c) Has applied to Thames Travel for taxibus to Witney & Eynsham		
	d) Has written to Stagecoach requesting diversion of service X3 service into South Leigh		
South Leigh**
	a) No bus service other than a single McLeans on a Thursday. 		
	b) Nevertheless, p.c. have still received comments on steep rises in fares on routes operated by Stagecoach – danger of losing passengers.		
	c) Attempts to have some of the No100 route buses diverted through the village been unsuccessful.  Awaiting a reply re. diverting the X3 (Carterton-Oxford) through the village.		
	d) Awaiting a reply from Thames Travel re. the suggestion of a taxi-bus service through village to Witney.
(Acknowledgement of only a small village and thus few passengers)		
Stanton Harcourt
	Service 18 excellent in all respects.  Increase in frequency to hourly in peaks would however be welcomed.		
Stanton Harcourt**	The raising of bus fares for children is an imposition (particularly for low-income families).		
Steeple Barton**	a) Diverting the X59 into the village would provide a more frequent 
(2-hourly) service and encourage greater use.	These comments received in answer to WODC's general call for Public Transport comments.  Do we want to follow up? (Next X59 review July 2005)?	
	b) Regular user/season discount tickets should be available.		
Witney	Supports submission from David Miles (q.v.)		
Witney**	a) Improvement to levels of services over last 10 yrs.  Hourly services 
to outlying villages, 15 mins frequency to Carterton. 		
	b)  Ring-a-ride is successful and is supported.		
	c) Excessive fares increase, discontinuation of some tickets, and passengers poorly informed.

		
	Children’s fares increase excessive; needs for season ticket arrangements between LEA & bus company;		
	Elderly using tokens adversely affected by increased fares		
	Criticism over Stagecoach’s ticketing structure; abolition of 5-day tickets; anomalies with County-rider, Gold-rider & Explorer tickets.		
	Recent changes introduced by new operator (Thames Travel) on Witney-Bampton-Carterton route (no19) done without consultation, passengers now having to change bases in some cases.		
	No regular service to Cotswold Wildlife Park.		
	OCC provides little travel information.		
Other bodies			
			
ORCC

	a) Carterton is has made a successful application to the Countryside Agency for a "health check" which will start in next few months.  Could contracts for new services be awarded on temporary basis, in case changes are necessary when results of health check are known.  		
	b) Standlake Community Bus.  In view of success of scheme as regards social inclusion, it would be a pity if this hard work were to disappear.		
	c) Great Coxwell-Faringdon-Witney shoppers' service.  Faringdon Community Minibus should be approached before any decision to tender is made.		
	d) Wychwood-Leafield-Witney shoppers' bus.  Advertising the links which the Charlbury taxibus provides would be a more effective use of resources than setting up a new service.		
	e) Bampton-Oxford (evening service).  Parish Council has rejected Community Transport idea but ORCC thinks this is best avenue and should be explored further.		
	f) Finstock-Leafield-Witney (evenings/weekends) Talks are on-going.  Community Transport system is likely to be most suitable solution.		
	g) Hensington shoppers' service. ORCC has been exploring possibility of shared taxi service with residents of care home.  This was to be followed up by residents.		
Councillors (County or District)			
			
Harry Wyatt (County/District)	a) Supports shuttle bus Witney-South Leigh-Eynsham		
	b) Witney-Abingdon link would be welcome especially if it ran through Standlake village & not just along A 415.  		
	c) Service 18 -link to Bablockhythe & Northmoor very important,  Would extension to Carterton upset current timetable which is very convenient?  Hourly service would give doctor's patients returning to Aston from Bampton better service.		
	d) Request for late service 18 on Fridays and Saturdays.		
	e) Service 45 still needs to run to cater for Witney services which do not operate on Saturdays.  However has been very unreliable.  Earlier staring time is appreciated but 3 hours before rteurn is too long and 1230 return may be more popular.		
	f) Saturday Community Bus is normally full (13 passengers).  Need to pre-book can be deterrent.  Cannot be substitute for service 45.  Could only be replaced by Witney-Abingdon service if there was taxi bus link from Bablockhythe, The Furlong and Heyford Close (Standlake).		
Gareth Epps (WODC)	a) Evening service 11 appreciated but problems because of lack of publicity.		
	b) Supports integration with trains at Hanborough on service 42 		
Susanna Pressel (Oxford City)	Important that service 18 should continue to operate via St. Thomas' area of Oxford because of increase of elderly people's accommodation in area. [Only service which operates through here.]	Cannot guarantee this once the new Westgate 
development with new bus hub is built.	
PTRs			
			
Burford (Clare Baines)	a) Swanbrook's service 53 could not be a replacement for X3 and current omission of Burford town from route makes it unusable for most residents.		
	b) Including Carterton & Cotswold WLP in X3 route would lengthen journey considerably.  Eynsham diversion already negates the idea of "X" service.  		
	c) Length of journey of late 11 bus may be deterrent.		
Eynsham (Michael White)	a) X3 very useful for residents of Spareacre Lane (old people's flats on corner).		
	b) Service 11 only bus which serves Dovehouse Close, Hanborough Road & Wytham View estates & Beech Road area [off Mill St.]  		
Freeland (Joyce Williams)	a) Unreliability of evening service 11.  Young girl abandoned in Oxford at 11.00 p.m.		
	b) Could a morning no. 11 travel on to the JR Hospital because of the number of people who work there?  Changing makes for a very long journey.		
Shipton-under-Wychwood (Philip Croxson) 	a) Supports integration of school and mainstream buses.  May help 
cut out bullying on school buses.		
	b) New X3 timetable working better and is about right interval.  Would not support reduction.  Scrapping X3 and relying on 53 would leave Wychwoods without service.  Operating via Carterton would result in very lengthy journey to Oxford (already in excess of an hour).		
	c) Queries first bus from Milton (0645) which arrives in Oxford only 11 minutes before 0752 departure (an hour later) from Shipton.		
	d) Queries publicity for evening service 11.  Would help to organise timetable distribution in area.		
	e) Villager service 14A remains popular with older residents.  Is 1¾ hours in Witney sufficient time?		
	f) Was not aware that service 74 extended to Shipton on Fridays.  1745  from Witney is better for workers than last X3 at 1716.  		
Witney (David Miles) 

	a) Service 69: Every other bus should operate via Crawley, Leafield & Finstock.  Halving of service to Hailey should be more than offset by likely increase in passengers from Leafield.  No need to continue subsidising Villager services 14A & 20. 		
	b) Villager service 14:  No need for subsidy - Leafield covered under (a) above, and Shipton by X3 service.   		
	c) Villager service 20:  No need for subsidised Thursday a.m. service. Minor diversions to the Thursday afternoon service [AP note - at present unsubsidised] could cover this.  		
Witney (David Miles) (cont.) 

	d) Service 74: If McLean's keeps the contract, OCC must insist that tickets are interchangeable with Worth's (for service 69).		
	e) Service X3: Popular service - cannot understand why it was deregistered.  Service should continue, especially Witney-Burford-Wychwoods.  Supports diversion via Carterton & Cotswold Wildlife Park.  Buses between Witney & Oxford could operate via Barnard Gate or High Cogges & South Leigh.  Replacement of Oxford-Burford by Swanbrook's alone is unacceptable. 		
	f) Service 64: Current service should be continued.  Cannot justify hourly service or service to Witney. Alvescot Turn diversion not necessary.  Cotswold WLP/Burford extension would be nice would  be better served by changing to enhanced X3 at Carterton.  Slack in 64 timetable could be used to give more service in Carterton.  Would like to see connecting taxibus (perhaps redundant TB 19 if old 19 service restored) in Lechlade, serving local villages (incl. Bampton & Clanfield).		
	g) Service 19: Strongly urges that a way must be found to restore (Stagecoach) old through 19 service and avoid the current changes between vehicles.  Could be done on one bus with 90-minute service, although school connections would suffer.  Any attempt to link Bampton services with new Abingdon-Witney service at Brighthampton would be non-starter.  Bampton should have its own service to Witney.		
	h) Service 18: 2-hourly service right level.  Shouldn't drop Clanfield from route since Carterton & Brize Norton get regular services to Oxford.  Doesn't see that combining with Carterton town service would work and doesn't think that Carterton people would use this service.		
	i) Ducklington Peak 100 service: Doesn't think that this has been successful, since the 1800 Oxford departure is too late.  A bus stop by the Ducklington roundabout so that the X1 can come off the A40, pick up and return to A40 would be better.  The former X2 service would be the solution.  Now that Thames Travel has 19 contract, no through ticketing to Oxford via express bus is possible.		
	j) Service 45: Need for review if Witney-Abingdon service were to be introduced, but would depend on its route (fast via Ducklington, slow via Stanton Harcourt & South Leigh).  Witney is shopping hub for community and needs service to reflect this. 		
Witney (David Miles) (cont.)

	k) Witney service 12/15: Unsatisfactory since Blanket Bus withdrawn and service ombined with no. 42.  Witney needs dedicated bus services run by one operator, especially because of NE development which will need buses into the new estate from October onwards. This should not be done by combining with service 11.  One vehicle should operate on service 42 (without Witney North which has not been success) and the other on Witney Town services.  Revert to situation prior to 4 years ago.  This should reduce timekeeping problems.  Services do not need to serve "out-of-town" Sainsbury's.  Nor is Saturday afternoon service a priority.  Transport for Witney school pupils needs to be looked at.  ?Divert a service 100 to operate to schools from Burwell Farm, Smiths Estate, Burford Road & North Witney.??		
	l) Service 42: Separate from Witney Town services and operate with one bus.  New Yatt, Windmill Road (North Leigh) & Heath Lane (Bladon) diversions all important & need to be retained.  Service could reduce to 2-hourly (with reluctance) as long as peak-hour present service retained, in which case Kidlington, Begbroke & Yarnton could be served. Or 2-hourly with hourly service Hanborough-Woodstock.  Better to give regular clockface service than attempt to fit in with train times at Hanborough station.  Service 42 should not be improved at expense of no. 11.  		
	m) Service 11: Essential that this continues on hourly headway and operates right through to Oxford via Farmoor.  Amazed that subsidy needed since patronage often better than on service 100, which in turn could divert after Eynsham to A40 towards Oxford.  Links needed between Hanborough & Botley and Freeland & Oxford Rail Station.  Service 11 more important to North Leigh & Long Hanborough than 42.  		
	n) Service 11 (evening):  No real knowledge of this, but hopes that usage has picked up.  If so, it should be extended to 6 evenings per week.  If not, then alternative might be to divert a service 100 to cover Wychwoods & Burford.as well as Hanborough, Freeland & North Leigh.   Important to give rural young people evening service. 		
	o) Abingdon-Witney service:  Would welcome this.  Query whether fast or slow route (see (j) above) - if the latter, could serve South Leigh & Gozzards Ford. On balance prefers the A415 route. This service would be useful for students affected by Abingdon-Witney College merger.  If service ran through to Milton Park, would employers help with subsidy?  Reminder that old service X39 ran from Witney to Maidenhead/London via Abingdon and carried commuters.  		
	p) Requests a Great Coxwell-Faringdon-Witney shoppers' service.		
Witney (David Miles) (cont.)	q) Wychwoods-Leafield-Witney.  Vital to provide such a service if X3 scrapped and service 69 not diverted (see (a) above).		
	r) Witney-Long Hanborough-Oxford Sunday service.  Could be provided by diverting certain service 100 journeys, but would not support.  New service 11 would be too expensive.  		
	s) Fair Rosamund service: Disappointed when this was scrapped.  OCC needs to determine what its policy towards Leisure Bus Travel really is and, if positive, should bring this service back.  Service might be more tourist-orientated if it continued from Burford to Bourton-on-the-Water rather than Swindon.		
	t) Finstock-Witney (evening service); Stanton Harcourt-Oxford (Fri/Sat evenings & Sunday); Leafield-Witney (evenings/Sunday): need for services for young people.  Could be provided by demand responsive minibus which would be more realistic than conventional buses.  Delighted if this area could be chosen for RBC pilot.		
	u) South Leigh-Oxford service:  Best solution would be for X3 to divert through South Leigh.  Also highlights problem of lack of bus stops at Barnard Gate and need for safe crossing facility.		
	v) West Oxon-Oxford Hospitals: Because virtually entire routes served commercially, no opportunity for subsidised services.  Cost main factor - therefore interavailability ticketing vital.  New hospitals bus ticket should be introduced for both companies' routes.  Real solution is to provide new hospital in Witney.  		
Other respondents			
Resident of Aston	New no. 19 service does not offer suitable journey for those starting work in Witney at 9.00 a.m.  (arrival either 45 mins. early or 15 mins late).		
Resident of Stanton Harcourt	a) Carteron/Brize Norton has adequate bus service without enhancing further (service 18 suggestion).		
	b) Could Stanton Harcourt be included in any Witney-Abingdon service?		
	c) Would like to see daily service 45		
	d) Would like to see hourly service 18.  Could the 0650 departure from Clanfield leave 15-20 minutes earlier to avoid hold-up at Eynsham-Toll Bridge roundabout (sometimes 30 minutes)?  		
Resident of Sutton	Does not want to see Brize Norton/Carterton added to service 18, because of risk of overcrowding.  Risk of late running.		
North Leigh Residents
	Service 42 - Windmill Road diversion - For (4) : Against (3)		
(Survey organised by Parish Council)
(Figure in brackets indicates 
number of responses)	Service 42 - Level of service:
a) Continue hourly (5)
b) Off-peak reduced to 2-hourly (2)
c) Two-hourly (1)		
	Service 42 - Extend to Kidlington - For (2) : Against (2)		
	Service 11 - Continue to Oxford or cut short at Eynsham:
Continue all to Oxford (4)
Peak-hour to Oxford: Off-peak only to Eynsham (3)
Cut short all journeys at Eynsham (2)		
	Amend bus times to interlink with trains at Hanborough:
For (5): Against (4)		
	Services 11/42.  Timetables should be rationalised to give more even headway (5)		
	Additional volunteered comments (not in Parish questionnaire):		
	Need for evening services (3)		
	Need for bus shelters in North Leigh & Eynsham Market Place (1)		
	Only two service 11 buses leave North Leigh before 0915 (0635 & 0730, followed by 1¾ hour gap) so anyone needing to be in Oxford before 1000 has to catch the 0730 bus!  Could the 0755 ex Freeland bus not commence at North Leigh? (1)