Browsing the archives for the Route 66 category

Route 66: We need collaboration

Dame Bryony Rudkin (it’s a matter of time, mark my words, so we better start using the title now) has been blessing us with her representative skills at the council and asked about the Wherstead Road route.
On a serious note we should not simply be asking why the route shut down, Suffolk will say it’s [...]

First Group Presentation – let’s talk about Route 66

Sorry for the short notice.  I got this through from Ipswich Buses:
Alan Pilbeam, MD of First is doing a presentation to the Ipswich Transport Society tonight at Bridge Ward Social Club in Austin St, at 1930. Public can attend for an entrance fee of £2.50
 
I will be there (although I’m coming from London so this [...]

A step towards decent buses on Wherstead Road

A pioneering agreement in Oxford may be able to offer hope to people on Wherstead Road.  Wherstead Road is plagued by sporadic bus services, which would be far more tolerable if they were properly spaced out.  Under typically stupid European Union rules this cannot be changed because there are a number of different operators on the [...]

Wherstead Road needs a more regular bus service

Since the Route 66 bus service has been discontinued Wherstead Road has had to make do with village services going into Ipswich town center.  This has caused a number of problems:

Infrequent services – one an hour if you’re lucky
Unreliable services not keeping with timetables
Few seats by the time the busses get to Wherstead Road
More cars [...]