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- ANNEX 1
TRANSPORT
IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE –
27 NOVEMBER 2003
BUS SUBSIDIES
INFORMATION
ON SERVICES
Full
information relating to the bus services cited in sections A to C of the
main report is detailed in this annex.
SECTION
A –REVIEW OF SUBSIDISED BUS SERVICES
Contract
PT/S11
Service
description: Service 261, Thame to Chinnor
Services
231/331, Thame to Chinnor/High Wycombe
Days
and times of operation: Monday to Saturday, 0800 until 1800
Service
261, hourly
Service
231/331, two hourly
Operated
by: Arriva (Contract held by Bucks CC)
Current
subsidy: £56,827pa
Average
passengers per day: n/a
Cost
per passenger journey: n/a
Available
alternative services: Alternative facilities
do exist on the lower frequency Service 232 (Contract
PT/S112) held by OCC, that operates every two hours
between Thame and Chinnor, but service 261 does not
serve Kingston Blount or Towersey villages. The withdrawal
of Service 261 would not have any detrimental effect
if services 231/331/332 were continued in their present
form.
Contract
PT/W150
Service
description: Service 69, Chipping Norton –
Witney via Charlbury, Finstock and Hailey.
Days
and times of operation: Monday to Saturday, hourly 0700 until
1800
Operated
by: Worths Motor Services
Current
subsidy: £87,649
Average
passengers per day: n/a
Cost
per passenger journey: n/a
Parishes/Town
councils served: n/a
Available
alternative services: Worths Motor Services
operate a limited number of commercial journeys along
this route. There are alternative services from Charlbury
to Chipping Norton and Oxford, but for other villages
on the route this represents the only service apart
from the few commercial journeys mentioned.
SECTION
B – COMMERCIAL WITHDRAWAL OF BUS SERVICES
Contract
PT/O7
Service
description: Service 106, Greater Leys to Cowley Centre
Days
and times of operation: Monday to Friday, hourly 0900 until 1500,
Saturdays,
hourly 0800 until 1700
Operated
by: Thames Travel
Current
subsidy: see Exempt Annex 2
Average
passengers per day: 13
Cost
per passenger journey: see Exempt Annex 2
Parishes/Town
councils served: 2
Available
alternative services: No alternative day time
bus service operates along these roads in eastern
Greater Leys, but alternative services operate 600-700
metres walk away, or even closer for some parts. A
subsidised evening service through the area does operate
seven nights a week.
Contract
PT/O17
Service
description: Service 300, Redbridge P&R
- City Centre - Pear Tree Park & Ride
Service
400, Seacourt Park & Ride – City Centre – Thornhill
Park & Ride
Days
and times of operation: Monday to Saturday evenings, 2000 until
2330
(These
subsidised journeys complement the daytime commercial
journeys).
Operated
by: Oxford Bus Company
Current
subsidy: see Exempt Annex 2
Average
passengers per day: 175
Cost
per passenger journey: see Exempt Annex 2
Parishes/Town
councils served: 2
Available
alternative services: Service 300 has alternative
local bus services that pass Redbridge Park &
Ride site but not the Pear Tree site. Service 400
has alternative local bus services that pass Seacourt
Park & Ride site but Thornhill is only served
in the evenings by the London express coaches (however,
these are registered with the Traffic Commissioners
as local bus services)
Contract
PT/O18
Service
description: Service 500, Water Eaton Park &Ride - City Centre
Days
and times of operation: Monday to Saturday, 0700 until 1900
Operated
by: Oxford Bus Company
Current
subsidy: see Exempt Annex 2
Average
passengers per day: n/a
Cost
per passenger journey: n/a
Parishes/Town
councils served: 2
Available
alternative services: Service 500 has alternative
local bus services that stop outside the Park &
Ride site on the main Banbury Road
SECTION
C – CHANGES IN ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUBSIDISED SERVICES
Contract
PT/W107 (The Woodstock Wanderer network)
Service
description: Service 201, Woodstock- Tackley
Service
203, Woodstock – Kidlington
Service
242, Woodstock – Bladon (Heath Lane)
Days
and times of operation: Monday to Saturday,
Service
201, 2 journeys
Service
203, 4 journeys
Service
242, 11/12 journeys
Operated
by: RH Transport
Current
subsidy: £48,466pa
Average
passengers per day: n/a
Cost
per passenger journey: n/a
Parishes/Town
councils served: 7
Available
alternative services: Woodstock – Tackley
passengers have no alternative although there is a
regular service from Tackley to Banbury, Kidlington
and Oxford. Woodstock does serve as the "administrative"
town for Tackley. Woodstock - Kidlington passengers
have a "free bus" to Sainsbury’s at Kidlington on
two days per week but otherwise Woodstock has regular
services to Oxford and Chipping Norton. The Heath
Lane area of Bladon has no alternative bus service,
although Service 42 does operate between Woodstock
and Witney via the main road through Bladon.
Contract
PT/C8
Service
description: Service 488, Chipping Norton - Banbury
Days
and times of operation: Monday to Friday, one early journey at
0705
(This
journey complements the rest of the daytime service
operated after 0730 until 1900)
Operated
by: Cheney Coaches
Current
subsidy: £5,150
Average
passengers per day: n/a
Cost
per passenger journey: n/a
Parishes/Town
councils served: n/a
Available
alternative services: - No other alternative
facilities are available at this time, although there
is a journey 25 minutes later
Contracts
PT/C16 & 18
Service
description: Service B4, Banbury Town Service to Bodicote
Service
B8, Banbury Town Service to Hardwick
Days
and times of operation: Sundays and Bank Holidays
Operated
by: Cheney Coaches
Current
subsidy: £16,800 (combined)
Average
passengers per day: n/a
Cost
per passenger journey: n/a
Parishes/Town
councils served: n/a
Available
alternative services: No alternative services exist on Sundays/Bank
Holidays. (Complements the Monday to Saturday service).
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