Bourne Community Bus
The Bourne Bus service celebrates its first anniversary in June, having achieved around 3,000 completely free passenger journeys since its launch. With 20 stops covering Thorney Island, Hambrook, Southbourne, Nutbourne and Westbourne our local residents have continued to enjoy their trips to Havant, Emsworth and Chichester for shopping, medical and social trips as well as […]
Due to popular demand, from January 2023 we’ve added in a new stop at Westbourne. Along with the current stops at The Square, The Cricketers pub and Homefield we’ve now added in a stop at the Wren Centre to the West of Westbourne for residents of Rivermead Court and Oakmeadow Close as well as Redlands […]
We’ve taken the opportunity to revamp the bus timetable to add some of the new stops you’ve requested, as well as to remove stops that are rarely used. This has enabled us to simplify the timetable for the whole route and give residents more suitable times to pick up the bus and better lengths of […]
Every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday the Bourne Community Bus arrives at Bourne Community College at 3.30, enabling Thorney Island based pupils to attend an hour of after school activities such as exam study, sports and dance classes. This free service then takes them back to Thorney to drop off at Church Road and Canberra road […]
The Bourne Bus goes from strength to strength following local household leaflet deliveries and social media campaigns in August. In fact this month our 16 seat minibus has been almost at capacity on some occasions on mornings on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays on our regular routes to Emsworth, Havant Tesco, Chichester and around the Parishes […]
Since we launched we’ve trained 17 drivers to MIDAS standard courtesy of SAAFA. Now we need more volunteer drivers for the Bourne Community Bus that can offer four hours for 2 or 3 times a month on a Tuesday, Thursday or Friday. FULL training is provided to drive our new automatic 16-seater Mercedes Sprinter and […]
The first month of new bus runs is a challenge, not only in ensuring that volunteer drivers get to know the eight daily route variations, but also as we’re unsure how many passengers will get on at each stop. “The first two weeks operating have seen lots of residents watching the bus curiously as it […]
There was lots to do getting the Bourne Bus ready for launch on Tuesday 7th June, after its first official outing and service opening ceremony at the Queen’s Jubilee Parade through Chichester on Saturday 4th June. “So much hard work has gone into this launch from a team of 20 people from 4 local villages, […]
The Bourne Community Bus arrived at Thorney Island Baker Barracks 12th May after having all its graphics and partner logos added. Matt Roberts, CEO of Community Transport Sussex who helped organise the bus lease contracts, delivered the bus and handed over the keys to bus project manager Andrew Kerry-Bedell. By pure coincidence Jon Robinson was […]
This project came about through a meeting Tracie and Andrew had in 2019 at Thorney Island Baker Barracks. We learnt about the issue of isolation, a very real and impactful element of day to day military and family life, which got even tougher when COVID hit in April 2020. As a member of the Civilian […]