We understand that the Council have let a new contract which will see Arriva run the number 24 bus service.
Existing service 24 click to enlarge
The new service will use the existing route.
Clockwise Ascot Way, St Stephens Road, Askham Lane, Front Street, then Carr Lane, Lindsey Avenue to Railway Station.
The reverse route uses Green Lane. The service is hourly and is scheduled to reach (from Windsor Garth) Acomb, Front Street in 12 minutes and the station in 36 minutes
There has been some criticism of the 24 service in the past because of delays.
Local Liberal Democrats collected a petition asking for the number 24 service – which is subsidised by the Council – to be continued when the existing contract expired in September. The service provides a “lifeline” link for the many elderly residents living in the Windsor Garth/Ascot Way area.
NB. From the end of September, the number 4 will change its route to take in the low numbered end of Gale Lane before turning right into Front Street. It will then loop through Green Lane and Tudor Road to Cornlands Road.