Updated at 16:46 12th January 2010.
All routes are now operating as per the timetables. Unless there is a drastic change in the weather conditions overnight there will be no further updates relating to all of the school routes that we currently provide.
We would like to thank everyone for their assistance over the last week.
Update at 13:13 11th January 2010.
Having carried out a review of all of the routes that we provide, it is our intention to run the following services with effect from 12th January 2010. This is subject to any drastic change in the weather conditions that would affect the vehicle safety and those of the passengers.
Brockworth Enterprise School:
All services to run as normal.
St Peter’s High School:
All services to run as normal.
Pates Grammar School:
Service to run as normal.
Newent Community School:
All services to run as normal.
High School for Girls and Sir Thomas Rich’s School:
All services to run as normal with the exception of DR4 and DR6 which will be as follows:
DR4: Service starts at Sandford Mill Road. Due to the road surface, there will be no pick ups from Sixways, Lyefield Road and Copt Elm Road. The remaining pick ups will be as usual. Please can those pupils who would normally be picked up at Sixways, LyefieldRoad and Copt Elm make their way to the Moorend Road/Withyholt Court stop.
DR6: Please can those pupils who would catch this service at Hatherley Court Road, make their way to the junction of Hatherley Court Road and Hatherley Road to catch the bus. This service will then complete its allocated route.
Any further updates will be issued via our website. Thank you for your assistance.
Please note that we intend to operate as per the following for Monday 11th January 2010 and beyond until such time that there is an improvement in the weather and therefore the road surfaces. We are making an assumption that the schools will be open, however as the weekend approaches we appreciate that parents and pupils will need to plan ahead. If the schools are shut then the services will not run.
Brockworth School
We have reviewed the routes and can not provide a school bus service to the school due to the conditions of the surrounding access roads. The School has been notified of this. We will continue to review the situation from Monday and update this site accordingly.
High School for Girls and Sir Thomas Rich’s Schools
We will run the following services:
DR1: No Swindon Lane or Swindon Village pick ups
DR2: No Windyridge or Pittville Circus pick ups
DR3: No Berkhampstead School pick up
DR4: Service starts at Sandford Mill Road. Due to the road surface, there will be no pick ups from Sixways, Lyefield Road and Copt Elm Road. The remaining pick ups will be as usual. Please can those pupils who would normally be picked up at Sixways, Lyefield Road and Copt Elm make their way to the Moorend Road/Withyholt Court stop.
DR5: No Leckhampton Road / Co-op pick ups
DR6: Please can pupils make their way to the bus stop opposite St Stephens Road in the Park who would normally catch the bus from the Hatherley Court Road, Warden Hill stops. For those pupils in Hatherley/Warden Hill we will be stopping opposite Morrison’s. The Bus will then make its way to school. We are unfortunately unable to pick up from Churchdown at the Bat and Ball, Community Centre, Parton Road Library and The Elf Garage on Cheltenham Road due to the road conditions being unsuitable for the coach.
DR7: Full Service
DR8: Full Service
St Peter’s High School
Due to the link roads not being suitable we would ask all pupils to make their way to nearest stops as per the following:
SPH1: Will run from stops 1-4 and then onto the school. This service will not pick up after Ermin Street/Dupont (Invista).
SPH2: Will run stops 1-5 and then onto the school.
SPH3: Will run stops 1-7 as normal but will not complete stops 8 and 9 through Abbeymead
Newent School
We intend to review this service on Monday 11th January 2010 based on the road conditions and the school’s plans for opening.
For ease of reference as to the allocated stops please go to our home page and click on the link at the bottom of the page for “School Bus Timetables”. Here you will find all of the required school routes, times and stops.
We would like to thank everyone for their assistance and patience.
Please note that due to the condition of the roads in the area, we will NOT be operating any school bus service to Brockworth Enterprise School on Friday 8th January 2010.
Updated 7th January 2010
Please note that as at 15:35 on 7th January 2010, we understand that Sir Thomas Rich’s School is open tomorrow 8th January 2010 for Year 11-13 pupils only. We are unaware at this time as to whether the High School for Girls is open.
We are therefore planning to run the following school bus services to both schools. If the High School is not open we will run these services to Sir Thomas Rich’s School only. Return journey pick up times will be as usual unless the schools notify us of any early closure.
DR1: No Swindon Lane or Swindon Village pick ups
DR2: No Windyridge or Pitville Circus pick ups
DR3: No Berkhamstead School pick up
DR4: NO SERVICE is running
DR5: No Leckhampton Road / Co-op pick ups
DR6: NO SERVICE is running
DR7: Full Service
DR8: Full Service
For those pupils where a service is not running or is limited we would be grateful if you could make your way to the nearest next stop on ANY route as there will be sufficient space on the coaches. If you are unsure as to where the stops are, please click on the school timetables page on the bottom of the home page. This will take you to all DR routes, stops and times.
Thank you for your assistance with this.
Updated at 15:00 6th January 2010:
Please note that the following will be the last bus for Cheltenham Park and Ride:
Departing The Promenade at 18:09 to Arle Court.
The last bus for Gloucester Park and Ride will be the 18:00 from the New County for St Oswalds and 18:14 from Kimbrose Triangle to Waterwells.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact us on 01452-527809.
We are expecting to run both services tomorrow 7th January 2010 subject to the road conditions.
As of 08:30 am on the 6th January 2010 the Park and Ride Services operating in Gloucester (Waterwells) and Cheltenham (Arle Court) are both fully in service.
Due to the conditions on the road, the services maybe subject to some delays and we would ask for your patience in waiting for the buses to arrive.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact us on 01452-527809.