Following the closure of Aldershot bus station, changes will be coming into place on Stagecoach's bus network in and around Aldershot.
Bus stops have been relocated from the bus station next to Aldershot Station, to kerbside stops that will be located around the town centre. Hampshire County Council are helping to support in the provision of these new stops. With this change, Stagecoach have also re-numbered some of the routes and also changed the frequency of some services.
In general terms, this change will see buses leaving town in a westerly direction moved to the High Street, and those heading out of town to the east leaving from Victoria Road.
Stagecoach are also changing some timetables:
- Gold 1 - will run earlier in the morning, more frequently in the evening, and every 12 minutes on Saturdays
- Kite - will return to being numbered service 20, and will run earlier in the morning, more frequently in the evening, and every 20 minutes on Sundays
- Route 15 - will be extended to run beyond Aldershot to North Town (replacing route 14), serving both Tices Meadow and North Town every 20 minutes Monday to Saturday and hourly on Sundays. It will be running slightly later in to the evening too, with the last buses from Aldershot to Tices Meadow at 9.05 pm and to North Town at 9.35 pm (Monday to Saturday)
- Routes 4 & 5 - will still run every 30 minutes, but have extra peak running time and new evening times to meet Farnham trains. On Sundays there'll be a bus every hour on routes 4 & 5 (instead of just route 5 every two hours)
Stagecoach Operations Manager Aaron Hodgkiss said:
“We’re really excited that the new stops will be a big improvement for customers in Aldershot with all buses picking up and dropping off closer to the shops.
“We’ll have a team in the town centre the week of the change to help direct people to their new stops, there will also be bus guide leaflets on hand for people to take away to help them whilst everyone gets used to the changes.”
Further information on this change can be found on Stagecoach's website here.