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Showing posts with label buses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label buses. Show all posts
Thursday, 14 September 2023

Rye Lane works and the TW3

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Rye Lane will be closed tomorrow (Friday 15 September) for Kent County Council to carry out tree surgery works. The closure will be from the...
Sunday, 23 July 2023

BSIP funding to support more travel for bus pass holders

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As part of the initiatives taken under our Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP), Kent County Council is ensuring that older and disabled peop...
Sunday, 25 June 2023

BSIP: £16 million more for bus services in Kent

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 In the course of last week, KCC had confirmation from the Department for Transport that we have been awarded an extra £16 million in fundin...
Friday, 26 August 2022

School buses latest

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 The TW1 service from Kemsing and Seal to Tunbridge Wells has been secured as part of wider route replacements. Since the announcement of ma...
Saturday, 16 July 2022

Buses: Go Coach-KCC agreement on Sevenoaks routes

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As I mentioned in my previous post, Kent County Council officers are working with bus operators to find replacements wherever possible for ...
Monday, 11 July 2022

Commercial bus service reductions

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Many residents have written to me over the weekend about the withdrawal of a number of bus services which serve children traveling to school...
Wednesday, 29 June 2022

Reconnect bus pass for a second summer

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Children and young people across Kent, along with their families, will have access to free bus travel across the county this summer - thanks...
Monday, 18 April 2022

Bus changes and consultation

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Commercial bus operators - in Kent, as across the country - are carrying out reductions in services, reflecting the severe pressures faced b...
Monday, 11 October 2021

Concessionary fares on go2 in Shoreham

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Today sees a further step forward following the good news that I was able to confirm about the go2 service in Shoreham.  KCC Public Transpor...
Wednesday, 30 June 2021

The future of Kent’s bus services

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Kent County Council is asking residents to help shape the future of bus services in Kent.  The National Bus Strategy , launched in March, re...
Thursday, 1 April 2021

Details of new Go coach services and Demand Responsive Go2 service

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From Monday 12 April, Go Coach will be introducing a range of new or reinstated services. Some of this builds on the company’s demand respon...
Friday, 4 September 2020

Changes and additions to Go Coach routes

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Following the first few days of return to school, Go Coach (in discussion with KCC public transport team) is making a number of changes to i...
Sunday, 30 August 2020

More on return to school

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I have set out in previous posts the steps that KCC, and in particular our public transport team, have been taking to support the coming we...
Saturday, 8 August 2020

School transport for September

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In my previous post , I tried to address the concerns of many parents over the decisions they face regarding their child's transport to ...
Friday, 31 July 2020

Return to school: latest

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The 'window' for applying for the Kent Travel Saver (KTS) closes on 9 August, and many parents remain concerned that they could comm...
Monday, 6 July 2020

School transport: the autumn planning challenge

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There are many questions – above all from parents – about transport to school in the light of the recent government announcement about re...
Saturday, 11 April 2020

Refunds on Kent Travel Saver

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Kent County Council has had enquiries from a number of parents about possible refunds for their payments to the Travel Saver (formerly know...
Tuesday, 7 April 2020

On-demand bus services for Sevenoaks

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Bus operator Go Coach, working with Kent County Council, will be replacing many of its services in and around Sevenoaks (including the villa...
Thursday, 9 January 2020

A small step regarding the 421

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The Go Coach 421 service to Sevenoaks was withdrawn from coming in to Shoreham late last year, following difficulties in access for buses an...
Friday, 31 May 2019

Taxi bus service to start on Monday

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Following KCC's Big Conversation on support for rural public transport, the first of the resulting pilot schemes to get under way start...