Brickhill Liberal Democrats
Brickhill Bus Timetables
Buses
Number 6 We are delighted by the changes to the local bus service which will mean the Number 6 bus will now provide a proper link to the railway station and operate until 11.00pm. This service will operate with departures from the bus station approximately every 12 minutes from 0530 to 1811. It will then operate every 20 minutes between 1811 and 1911 and then extend to operate hourly from 1941 until 2241. The final journey in to the bus station will arrive at 2251. Service 6 will operate via the Rail Station at peak times. This Service 6 will now serve the Woodlands development, replacing the existing service 10. As a result, it will operate in both directions on Tyne Crescent but will no longer serve the section of Tyne Crescent between Ashmead Road and Avon Drive.
We have been asked for help trying to have bus shelters relocated. Our feeling is that any action should wait until the service has settled down and a meeting will be held in six weeks time to discuss this.
Click here to see the Number 6 bus timetable
Number 28 Thank you to all of those people who assisted us by completing our survey of bus users who will miss the Number 10 bus which will no longer come through Brickhill. It is clear that this was a very valuable service especially to some elderly residents for whom it was a real lifeline. We have been working with Bedford Borough Council and Grant Palmer Ltd and there is agreement to route the number 28 bus into Larkway to assist Brickhill residents. The bus will come down Kimbolton Road and enter Larkway via Dove Road. The bus will then rejoin Brickhill Drive and return to Kimbolton Road. The service into Bedford will operate Monday to Friday at 8.45am, 10.30am, 11.45am,12.30pm, 1.45pm, 2.30pm, 4.45pm, 6.20pm and 6.45pm The Service from the Bus Station to Larkway will operate Monday to Friday at 9.00am, 10.15am, 11.00am, 12.15pm, 1.00pm, 3.15pm, 4.15pm and 5.45pm There will be a Saturday service with the first bus starting at 10.30am into Bedford and the last bus back to Larkway leaving Bedford at 4.15pm. There will be no Sunday service.
Click here to see Number 28 bus timetable
New Brickhill Bus
Thank you to all of those residents who have contacted us to express views on the bus services in Brickhill. We are aware that that bus services are very important to residents in Brickhill and are a vital to many elderly who depend upon them. We also appreciate how important the continued bus service along Larkway has been and it is important that we are able to establish a regular and reliable service. Some residents have asked us for additional buses and we are pleased to report that following our survey, Bedford Borough Council have agreed to provide an additional service which will be of direct benefit to people living in the vicinity of Larkway.
On a Monday to Saturday there will be a Bedford Borough Council bus service to Bedford Town Centre, the vehicle can be accessed by passengers waiting at the current bus stops on Larkway or via a hail and ride service on Dove Road. There are two additional journeys to the town centre, Monday to Saturday at 09:57 and 12:02 and two journeys arranged back from the town centre at 11:30 and 14:15.
The first bus will leave Anjulita Court at 09:50, it will arrive in Dove Road at 09:55 (Dove Road will operate on a hail and ride basis, where passengers can simply flag down the bus anywhere along Dove Road), it will then proceed to Larkway at 09:57 where it will collect passengers from the current bus stops before turning right out of Larkway onto Brickhill Drive completing the rest of its journey arriving in Harpur Street at 10:15. The second journey will leave Anjulita Court at 11:55 arriving in Dove Road at 12:00, Larkway 12:02 and Harpur Street at 12:19.
The first return journey will Leave Harpur Street (opp The Bedford Central Club) at 11:30, arriving at Larkway at 11:45, Dove Road at 11:47 and finally Anjulita Court at 12:02, The second journey will Leave Harpur Street at 14:15 arriving at Larkway at 14:30, Dove Road at 14:32 and finally Anjulita Court at 14:37.
If you have any comments about this new bus service we would be delighted to hear from you and we will be monitoring this and the existing service to ensure that the best possible public transport provision is made for residents.
Full timetable details can be obtained here
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