BCP COUNCIL
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council and Morebus have announced a significant improvement to the operator’s route 18, which runs to and from Broadstone to Bournemouth town centre. The route previously ran every hour but will now run at an increased frequency of every half hour in the daytime from Monday to Saturday. The route will also gain a two-hourly Sunday service.
The improved route 18 has been made possible after BCP Council secured an £8.9m grant from central Government, awarded specifically for improving bus services across the conurbation.
As a result of the same funding award, a second bus route will be enhanced from September, with route 13 service between Bournemouth and Wimborne increasing its daytime frequency to a bus service every 20 minutes, instead of the current every half an hour.
BCP Council leader Councillor Vikki Slade said: “We are really pleased to have been successful in securing this sizable grant from central Government, which means we can offer a tangible improvement to people’s transport choices.
“As part of our Bus Service Improvement Plan and our commitment to transforming local travel, we want to increase the number of people choosing to travel by bus. To do this, we want to ensure that buses are more frequent, more reliable, cheaper, better co-ordinated and that routes and timetables are easier to understand and use. We will continue to apply for funding to support more bus routes so that every community in BCP can access public transport more easily.”
