BUS ROUTE SURVEY
If you value the bus services running through the village, Essex County Council is keen to hear your views on its routes.
More than £9million is spent by the County Council on supporting bus services that would not otherwise operate.
Where no commercial service is provided, the County Council has a duty to consider whether one is needed and if, in the Council’s view it is and there is budget to do so, then Essex County Council should seek to provide it. In fact the majority of routes in Uttlesford are seen as not commercially viable and depend on County Council funding.
Five of the bus services run by the County Council will see their contract expire on 31 July this year. The Council is proposing to tender for enhanced services for these routes, one of which is the 301 service that runs through Stansted, between Bishop’s Stortford to Saffron Walden. A revised timetable is being proposed of 4 extra buses to Bishop’s Stortford to Saffron Walden and 5 extra the other way, but services times could well change too.
We are encouraging users of this service to participate in ECC’s questionnaire before it closes on Monday, February 28:
The questionnaire will inform the County Council’s review of these services. The intention of the consultation is to grow passenger numbers through changes to the bus network after the Covid pandemic affected passenger number in the last two years.
The Parish Council hope to offer the chance to those not online to participate in the consultation by providing hard copies of the questionnaires shortly.
BUS ROUTES UNDER REVIEW
- ECC contracted Service 5 – Bishop’s Stortford to Stansted Airport – Monday to Saturday, operated by Stephenson’s of Essex
- ECC contracted Service 6 – Saffron Walden to Stansted Airport – Monday to Saturday, operated by Stephenson’s of Essex
- ECC contracted Service 301 – Bishop’s Stortford to Saffron Walden – Monday to Saturday, operated by Stephenson’s of Essex
- ECC contracted Service 313/313a – Saffron Walden to Great Dunmow – Monday to Saturday, operated by Stephenson’s of Essex
- ECC contracted Service 59/60 – Audley End to Haverhill – Monday to Saturday, operated by Stephenson’s of Essex
If you have any queries please contact passenger.transport@essex.gov.uk
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