From Sunday 31st August 2008, we are revising most of our services in the West Cumbria area.
We are continually reviewing the effectiveness of our bus services and will be making a number of changes to our local bus services in West Cumbria from 31st August 2008.
Most services will be affected in some way, so please check below, to see how your service is changing. At the same time, Cumbria County Council are making changes to their own contracted local bus services, which generally take place every five years.
Some services may be provided by other bus operators; again we've included these details.
1 Kells-Whitehaven-Lowca
A revised evening and Sunday service will operate between Whitehaven and Lowca. Evening and Sunday buses to Kells will be provided on new service 22.
2, 2A Whitehaven-Woodhouse (easy-access)
Evening and Sunday buses will now be provided by service 22, instead of the 2A. There are no changes to the Monday to Saturday daytime service.
3, 4 Whitehaven-Mirehouse circulars (easy-access)
There will be a new evening and Sunday service on route 3. Additionally, service 22 will have a new evening and Sunday service covering Mirehouse too. There are no changes to the Monday to Saturday timetable, but we can't serve Latrigg Road on service 3 anymore due to the new, larger easy-access buses that we've invested in for these routes!
6 Whitehaven-Seascale
The Stagecoach service will be withdrawn and replaced, on West Lakes College days only, with extensions to 30.
8 South Whitehaven evening service
No changes.
12 Whitehaven-Egremont
This service will be re-numbered 30A. A revised timetable will be in operation to provide better links into the West Lakes Science Park.
17 Whitehaven-Frizington (easy access)
This service will be re-numbered 31A. There will be some minor timetable changes. New evening and Sunday buses to Cleator Moor and Frizington will be provided on service 22, replacing service 17B.
20 Whitehaven-St. Bees
This Cumbria County Council contracted service will no longer be operated by Stagecoach. Please contact Cumbria County Council or Traveline (0871 200 2233) for more details of replacement facilities.
22 Moresby Parks-Whitehaven-Egremont (Mon-Sat daytimes)
22 Lowca-Whitehaven-Kells-Mirehouse-Cleator Moor-Frizington (evenings and Sundays)There will be some minor timetable changes to the Monday to Saturday daytime service. A new evening and Sunday service will be introduced, operating under contract to Cumbria County Council, providing new links to Lowca, Parton, Kells, Woodhouse, Greenbank, Mirehouse, Hensingham, Keekle, Cleator Moor and Frizington!
30 Maryport-Workington-Annie Pit-Distington-Whitehaven-Hospital-Egremont-Thornhill (easy access)
31 Maryport-Workington-Moorclose-Distington-Whitehaven-Hillcrest-Cleator Moor-Frizington (easy access)All buses will now run as 30 or 31, with buses serving either Annie Pit (30) or Moorclose (31) between Workington and Harrington. These services will no longer operate via Derwent Howe, which will still be served by the revised 50 & 51 services. There will be some revisions to early morning and evening buses. The Sunday service will be extensively revised to provide a better, more co-ordinated level of service with the 301 between Thornhill and Maryport.
New evening and Sunday buses to Cleator Moor and Frizington will be provided on service 22.
On West Lakes College days, one trip in the morning and one trip in the early evening will extend beyond Thornhill to Seascale for West Lakes College students, replacing withdrawn service 6.
33B Schools Meadow Road-Whitehaven School & St Benedict’s School
This service has been withdrawn, alternative journeys are available on the service 22 & 33C Please contact Traveline (0871 200 2233) for more details.
36 Workington-Cockermouth
The Stagecoach journeys on this service will be withdrawn. Please contact Cumbria County Council or Traveline (0871 200 2233) for more details of replacement facilities.
46, 46A, 46B Workington-Harrington
The Sunday 46B service will be revised to start earlier in the day and finish earlier in the evening, to provide a better service for shoppers.
47 Workington-Seaton
There will be some very minor changes to the Monday to Saturday evening service. The Sunday service will be revised to start earlier in the day and finish earlier in the evening, to provide a better service for shoppers.
48 Workington-Northside
A revised timetable will operate, providing a basic hourly service. The late afternoon journeys will be withdrawn.
50, 50A, 50B, 51, 51A Workington-Moorclose circulars (easy access)
These services will be revised to operate as 50 or 51 with easy access minibuses. Service 50 buses will be revised to operate from Cross Hill/Newlands Lane via Scawfell Avenue, Lorton Avenue, Hawkshead Avenue to Ashfield Road South. Then via Newlands Lane to the shops (buses will no longer serve Edinburgh Avenue) and the present route from Westfield Drive to Workington via Derwent Howe Morrisons. Service 51 will operate in the reverse direction. Both services will operate every 30 minutes Monday to Saturday daytimes and combined with the improved 31 service, provide six buses per hour between Workington Bus Station and Moorclose shops. There will be a revised evening and Sunday timetable on service 50B, operated under contract to Cumbria County Council.
56, 57 Maryport town services
Service 57 will have a revised timetable and a new 57A service will be introduced to provide both clockwise and anti-clockwise journey opportunities around the Ewanrigg and Ellenborough areas. Other buses to these areas will still be provided by the 30 and 31 services.
Service 56 to the Quayside will be withdrawn, due to very low usage. The majority of the service will now be operated by Stagecoach on a commercial basis, no longer receiving subsidy from Cumbria County Council.
58 Maryport-Cockermouth, Cockermouth local service, Cockermouth- Papcastle/ Tallentire
Stagecoach is pleased to be operating this service with effect from 1st September 2008. This Cumbria County Council contracted service will have a more direct route between Maryport and Cockermouth, along with other significant timetable changes.
222 Whitehaven-Pica-Gilgarran-Workington
This Cumbria County Council contracted service will no longer be operated by Stagecoach. Please contact Cumbria County Council or Traveline (0871 200 2233) for more details of replacement facilities.
300, 301 Whitehaven-Workington-Marport-Aspatria-Wigton-Carlisle
This service will have a revised Sunday timetable, to provide better co-ordinated links with the 30 between Maryport and Thornhill.
600 Whitehaven-Cockermouth-Wigton-Carlisle
No changes.
X4, X5 Workington-Cockermouth-Keswick-Penrith
This service will have a revised evening timetable, operated under contract to Cumbria County Council.
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