The section of route in
Garden Village along James Reckitt Avenue, and also along Savoy Road is
replaced by a diversion of existing service 52 between Hull City Centre,
Bellfield Avenue, Spring Cottage, Noddle Hill Way and Kingswood. The 52 will
now omit large parts of Holderness Road (plenty of other services into Hull available),
and part of Bellfield Avenue (which retains service 51). As part of this change,
the section of James Reckitt Avenue between Gillshill Road and Ings Road
gains a far increased service as it is currently only served by limited tendered
service 50.
The 52, while not operating
Sundays or serving Wilberforce College, provides a slightly improved Monday to Saturday service for James
Reckitt Avenue and Savoy Road. Inbound
to Hull the first journey from Kingswood is at 0505 on weekdays and 0607 on
Saturdays, compared to 0700 weekdays and
0730 Saturdays from Salthouse Road on the 53. Additionally on weekdays the
frequency on the 52 is every 20 minutes, though parts off James Reckitt Avenue also
loose the hourly 30W service so this just retains 3 buses an hour, but at even intervals.
Lambwath Road, Cavendish
Road and Ings Road lose their bus service (apart from the limited 677 along Cavendish Road and Ings Road), as does Middlesex Road. Salthouse
Road does not have a replacement Monday to Saturday service, but already has
the direct service 10 to Hull City Centre via Holderness Road. The 10 also
gains an hourly Sunday daytime service between Hull City Centre, Salthouse Road
and Spring Cottage, ensuring Salthouse Road retains a Sunday daytime bus
service.Overall this package of changes provides a fairly good replacement for a service that has fallen victim to the Ings Road Estate redevelopment. Hopefully the additional passengers that should be created for the 10 and 52 will help to make these services more successful.
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