Terry Nunn
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 4,316
As from October there will be four buses an hour to and from Canterbury. As well as the 15 at 15 minutes past the hour and the 15A at 45 minutes there will also be a 15B at 23 and 53 minutes. This bus will go via Crabble Hill and Lewisham Road.
http://www.stagecoachbus.com/PdfUploads/Timetable_28801_15%2015A%2015B%20The%20Diamond.pdf
Good news.
Terry
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
somthing differant then terry,could prove intresting when it snows.
Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
- Posts: 2,096
Wow, four buses an hour from Lydden to Dover and Canterbury - all we need now is decent broadband and a mobile signal that doesn't require a hike to the hilltops and we'll feel almost connected to the world.
Guest 648- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 258
Brian River people will get their old bus route back .Its the 60 over Hillside which has problems with ice and smow /
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
granted sue,and dont forget i used to live out there.crabble hill from the lights to the football ground and the route past kearsney station would be the problem.
Guest 729- Registered: 27 Oct 2011
- Posts: 44
It's going the same was as the Alkham bus does, up past The Fox.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
good call phil,just right for a decent pint.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
wasn't long ago there was only one bus an hour on that route and none at all on sundays.
stagecoach do an excellent job in east kent, my only complaint would be the almost non existent evening services.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 14,118
Some of the parishs around Dover would not agree with that,they are still only geting two in one day if they are lucky and one of them is before the time of the Bus pass,so the O.A.P. HAVE TO PAY FULL FAIR.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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i don't think that anyone living out in the parishes can complain about 2 an hour vic, densely populated clarendon area and maxton only get one an hour.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Sorry I have put that right it is only two a day.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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you must be talking of places right out in the sticks vic, that wouldn't be down to stagecoach.
kent county council subsidise those routes and they have said that they cannot afford to do so much longer.
soon it could well be none a day.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 14,118
Sorry but I am not it is less then 5miles from Dover it is S/well.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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that is in the sticks mr vic, it is not en route to anywhere in particular and very few people use the bus there as they have a rail link.
lydden will see 4 buses an hour even though not many board or alight there as it connects dover and canterbury.
Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
- Posts: 2,096
Wrong Howard, it's a hotspot for bus use as we haven't got a railway station, even though we've got trains
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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i can only go by the evidence of my own eyes ray, i use the service once every month(approx) in the day time.
at least 90% board in greater dover up until temple ewell then get off in canterbury, the same on the return journey.
a guesstimate is that 2 or 3 people get on or off in lydden.
Terry Nunn- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 4,316
I'll concur with that Howard. In fact, to be sure of a seat I sometimes get on the bus at Frith Road before it fills up at Pencester. Then just a couple of people that I know get off at Stonehall.
Terry
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Guest 648- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 258
Stagecoach are providing yet more services for the public.River will still retain an hourly bus service via The Ridgeway and Buckland Hospital.My understanding is that an improved service is going to be provided for the residents in the Pilgrims Way area.The buses used for the 15C will be smaller than the Diamond .
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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pilgrims way used to be covered by the old 62 service but they diverted it because of badly parked cars.
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,025
You are correct Howard however a new route may serve Tesco .Watch this space