Share your opinion for an on-demand bus service in Wilts
Wiltshire Council has been awarded £1.2m of Department for Transport (DfT) funding to launch an improved flexible, on-demand bus service in the Pewsey Vale and Marlborough area - and they want to know how you think it should run!
This new service would take in much of Pewsey Vale; from the eastern edge of Devizes, north to Beckhampton and Marlborough, and east to Collingbourne Dulcis, Shalbourne and Froxfield, including Pewsey, Burbage, Great Bedwyn and Everleigh. This rural service would provide links to Devizes, Ludgershall and Tidworth, so people can take bus services to other towns. See the service area on the DRT Survey Area Map.
Wiltshire Council has launched a survey to better understand resident needs and how you think the service should run.
Flexible, on-demand bus services do not run to a set timetable like usual buses. Instead, they enable you to phone or book a bus service via an app, to take you anywhere within the service area at a time to suit you. App users will be able to book their journey, see in real-time when the vehicle will arrive and make payment. For people who cannot or do not wish to use the app, telephone booking and on-bus payment would also be available.
Wiltshire Council wants this service to be designed around the needs of passengers and our communities, so please complete the survey to influence the future service. Read more on Wiltshire Council website.
