5:13pm Monday 21st December 2009
By Andy Carswell
DIRECT bus services from High Wycombe to Uxbridge are to be reduced in the new year.
The 305 route between the two towns, which had its timetable changed in September this year, will now no longer stop at High Wycombe and the number of buses will be reduced.
And residents of Chesham Bois will no longer have a direct route to Slough, after the current 353 route was changed to run between Slough and Amersham. It currently runs on to Berkhampsted via Chesham Bois.
There will continue to be 12 buses a day operating on weekdays between Slough and Amersham railway station – but there will now be 11 making the return journey instead of the current 14.
The 305, which serves the Chalfonts and Gerrards Cross, will see services reduced from six to five a day, with the last bus to Uxbridge leaving Beaconsfield at 3.40pm. The last one back to Beaconsfield is at 4.45pm.
Saturday services will be reduced from four to two a day from Beaconsfield and from four to three in the opposite direction.
There will also be slight changes to departure times.
Arriva will start operating the 353 service but will drop the 305, which will now be run by Jason Tours.
The company has chosen not to continue running the High Wycombe to Beaconsfield leg of the route.
The A40 and 740 services operated by Carousel will continue.
The announcement was made today by Buckinghamshire County Council, which helps fund bus routes which private companies will not operate because they do not make enough money.
Earlier this year the council cut funding for bus services by £400,000.
The council's Cabinet Member for Transportation Valerie Letheren said: “These bus routes will continue to provide a good service for residents in the Chiltern and South Bucks area. Transport for Buckinghamshire is committed to working with bus companies to improve services.”
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