Abellio
Surrey have issued a press release on their website announcing cuts to their
services in the Surrey area.
From Abellio Surrey
Abellio Surrey has announced planned changes
to bus services in the county from 31
December 2016, for commercial and operational reasons.
It intends
making changes to two services run on a commercial basis. Service 446 (Woking to Heathrow Terminal 5)
is to be withdrawn between Staines and Heathrow and service 461 (Kingston to
Staines) is to be withdrawn between Addlestone and Staines.
At the same time, Abellio has sought to be released from county council
contracts for nine services that are subsidised by the council, none of which
are part of the ongoing Local Transport Review.
These are: 81 Woking-Barnsbury Estate
(Sundays only), 436 Woking-Brooklands (Sundays only), 458 Kingston-Staines, 514
Kingston-Addlestone, 515 Kingston-Guildford, 555 Heathrow-Hersham, 556/557
Woking-Chertsey/Sunbury and 663 Walton on Thames to Esher High School.
A spokesman for Abellio said: "This
decision has not been taken lightly. Although substantially downsizing our
operation, it is designed to secure a sustainable future for Abellio Surrey so
that we can continue to deliver a quality service to the majority of our
passengers.”
Mike Goodman, Cabinet Member for Environment
and Planning at Surrey County Council said: "We tried to find a solution
with Abellio but now our focus is on trying to make alternative arrangements to
cover the services that have been affected by their decision."
The county council intends during the autumn
to engage with the public on potential changes to services currently run by
Abellio. Nearer the date of introduction
of the changes, further information and new timetables will be available by
visiting surrey.gov.uk/buses or abellio.co.uk
SERVICES
THAT WOULD CONTINUE TO BE RUN BY ABELLIO
39A/B/C Woking area shoppers services
40 Ripley-Woking shopper service
81 Woking-Barnsbury Estate (Mondays to
Saturdays)
400 Walton-Shepperton-Charlton-Staines
438 Staines-Royal Estate
441 Heathrow-Staines-Englefield Green
513 Downside-Esher-Kingston
566/567 Staines-Egham-Virginia Water
570/571/572/574 Spelthorne area shoppers
services
637 Byfleet-Weybridge-Salesian School
690 Worpleson-Brookwood-Winston Churchill
and St. John Baptist Schools
814 Molesey-Esher High School
CHANGES
TO CONTINUING SERVICES PROPOSED BY ABELLIO
446 Woking-Staines-Stanwell Moor-Terminal 5
– to be withdrawn Staines to Terminal 5
461 Kingston-Walton-Weybridge-Addlestone-St
Peter’s Hospital-Staines – to be withdrawn Addlestone to Staines, but with a
replacement service 459: Walton-Vicarage Fields Estate-Walton Hospital-Walton
Station-Weybridge-Addlestone-St. Peter’s Hospital
564 Whiteley Village-Hersham-Walton
Hospital-Walton-Vicarage Fields-Xcel Leisure Centre – to be withdrawn between
Walton and Xcel, but replaced at Vicarage Fields by new service 459 (above)
SERVICES
FROM WHICH ABELLIO WILL WITHDRAW
81 Woking-Barnsbury
Estate (Sundays)
436 Woking-Sheerwater-West Byfleet-Byfleet-Brooklands
(Sundays)
458 Kingston-Esher-Hersham-Walton-Shepperton-Staines
514 Kingston-Thames Ditton-Molesey-Hersham-Weybridge-Brooklands-Addlestone
515 Kingston-Thames Ditton-Esher-Cobham-Ripley-Guildford
555 Heathrow-Ashford-Sunbury-Shepperton-Walton-Hersham
556 Woking-Sheerwater-Woodham-New
Haw-Addlestone-Chertsey
557 Woking-Sheerwater-West Byfleet-New
Haw-Addlestone-St. Peter’s Hospital-Chertsey-Shepperton-Sunbury
663 Walton-Hersham-Esher High School
I would like
to add that, Abellio is a subsidiary
of Nederlandse Spoorwegen which is
owned by the State of the Netherlands.
The Abellio
London bus services which operate the London Bus routes remain unaffected
because the London Bus routes are regulated by TFL.
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