Christmas trial of new free Sunday service from Foxwood, Woodthorpe and Bishopthorpe to Askham Bar Park and Ride

Service 500 will launch on Sunday 13 November and will run free of charge

In the run-up to Christmas, First York are trialling a Sunday service which will take passengers from Foxwood, Woodthorpe and Bishopthorpe, direct to Askham Bar Park & Ride, where they can connect with a direct, frequent buses on Park & Ride service 3 to York City Centre.

The service will also serve stops at Askham Bar Tesco.

At the time of writing First haven’t published a timetable for the service on their web site

The company says that recent changes by City of York Council have meant that residents of Woodthorpe and Bishopthorpe have been without a Sunday bus service. “We’re now launching a free shuttle bus service to Askham Bar Park & Ride to help you travel into York, and enjoy the Christmas shopping opportunities and festivities”.

First York  Managing Director, Marc Bichtemann, comments: “At First York, we’re dedicated to providing our customers with the best service possible. We wanted to ensure that our customers in Bishopthorpe, Woodthorpe and Foxwood who want to travel into York in the run-up to Christmas, have the opportunity to do so. We will therefore be offering a free shuttle bus service to the Askham Bar Park & Ride from this Sunday, and look forward to welcoming our customers on board.”

The service, numbered 500, will run with an electric bus, subject to availability, to reduce noise and emissions. The trial will end on Sunday 18 December. We’ll then assess demand for the service before deciding if it can be extended into 2017.

Have your say on the Joint Minerals and Waste Plan for York

Local communities, developers and other interested parties will have the opportunity to have their say on where, when and how minerals and waste development may be expected to take place in the York and North Yorkshire area until 31 December 2030.

A six week consultation on the Joint Minerals and Waste Plan for York and North Yorkshire will take place between Wednesday 9 November and 5pm on Wednesday 21 December 2016.

City of York Council, North Yorkshire County Council, and the North York Moors National Park Authority have joined together to produce a plan for the area covered by the three authorities.

City of York Council’s Local Plan Working Group and Executive approved  the draft Minerals and Waste Joint Plan for consultation in October.  (more…)

York buses launch new smart card payment option

 It is now even easier to get on board York’s buses with the introduction of the ‘York by bus’ smartcard.

The card allows bus users to buy before they board from one of the city’s new ticketing kiosks.

smart-card-launchCllr Ian Gillies, Executive Member for Transport and Planning, said: “The introduction of the ‘York by bus’ smartcard will allow passengers to simply tap and go when they board the bus. We hope that this will make bus travel even more attractive and further boost bus passenger numbers.”

Smartcard kiosks are positioned at key bus stops in the city centre and at Park & Ride sites.  Passengers can use the kiosks to pay for their journeys or check what is already on their card. ‘Park & Ride’, First York, Transdev, Cityzap and Coastliner tickets will be available for purchase alongside ‘All York’ tickets which are valid on all operators’ buses within the City of York area.

‘York by bus’ kiosks are located at:

  • · All six York Park & Ride sites
  • · Piccadilly
  • · Rougier Street
  • · Exhibition Square
  • · Opposite York Station
  • · Stonebow

· A staffed smartcard facility is available at the Visitor and Bus Information Point in York Station’s travel centre.

For more information on the ‘York by bus’ card visit: www.itravelyork.info/smart

What’s on in York: Singing for Wellbeing

York Explore Library :

Thu 10 Nov :

1.30pm  – 3.00pm :

Free

Nov 9_SingingA fun and uplifting signing session open to all. Come along and join in singing a range of songs in a group which will help relieve stress and improve your feeling of well being.

Community Singing

York Explore Library :

Thu 10 Nov :

6.30pm – 8.00pm :

Free

A fun and rousing community singing activity – open to all. Pack Up Your Troubles and join in a range of songs which were popular at the time of World War I.

For more information click here.

Really Really Want by Vesper Walk

York Theatre Royal :

Thu 10 Nov :

7.30pm – 9.45pm :

£10

Vesper Walk A5Music theatre suitable for all ages.

Funny and poignant in equal doses, this is a tale of a 40-something who has always dreamed of being a Spice Girl and longs to liberate her dreams. It is told through music, theatre and movement, and examines the joys and pains of hope, ambition, freedom and friendship

Tickets cost £10

To book please call York Theatre Royal box office (01904) 623568 or online at www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk.

What’s on in York: A Hidden History of Harlotry – Harris’s List of Covent Garden Ladies

Fairfax House :

Thu 10 Nov :

7.00pm – 9.00pm :

Tickets £14 or £12 for members and Friends of Fairfax House

Nov 10HarlotBetween 1757 and 1795, The Harris’s List of Covent Garden Ladies, a guidebook to London’s ‘light girls’ was the essential piece of kit for a man about town.

For more information click here.