Bridlington Town Network Recast

East Yorkshire made significant revisions to their Monday to Saturday daytime town services in Bridlington from 1st September.

Starting first with service 2, which operated hourly off peak to the south of the town, departing Bridlington Bus Station via the town's health centre to Cardigan Road, Belvedere Parade and Avocet Way. Service 2 was withdrawn with only a partial replacement; the daily service 136 between Bridlington and Driffield now serves Avocet Way on all journeys. On one hand this does provide new morning peak and Sunday services to Avocet Way, but Monday to Saturday daytimes are cut from hourly to every three hours. Otherwise no mitigation was provided; it is worth noting that service 136 serves Shaftesbury Road near Cardigan Road outbound from Bridlington only, and the seasonal park and ride is located at the southern end of Belvedere Parade.

Service 3 from Bridlington Bus Station to the West Hill Estate and Bridlington Hospital became the 502. There is a new timetable, but it remains hourly off peak.

Service 4 and 4A had each operated hourly from Bridlington Bus Station to the New Pasture Lane Estate via different parts of the Old Town area of Bridlington; the interval was every 20-40 minutes between the two services, combining with service 5 for a twenty minute frequency out of Bridlington Town Centre along Quay Road. With the new network, the 4 became the 501 and the 4A the 500, with each service now also incorporating a loop around Harewood Avenue, Trentham Drive and Bempton Lane. The 500 and 501 are each hourly, with a perfect 30 minute interval from Bridlington Bus Station. The 0723 Monday to Friday service 4 from New Pasture Lane to Bridlington Bus Station, and the Saturday 0823 service 4 from New Pasture Lane were not included in the new 500 and 501 timetables.

Service 5 had been an hourly service from Bridlington Bus Station to the Bempton Lane area. The new network splits the service up between three different routes. As noted above, the 500 and 501 now serve the Bempton Lane area, reinstating two buses per hour, one of the positives from these changes. Along the western part of Queensgate, the 5 is replaced by the new 503. Watsons Avenue has a frequency reduction of one bus per hour, going from the 4/4A/5 to the 500/501. However the middle section of the 5, along St Mary's Walk and Jubilee Avenue is now only served by college services and the Sunday 512.

Finally to the previous service 6, which operated hourly off peak from the Bus Station to The Crayke area. in the north east of Bridlington. The 6 is now the 503, and still does perform the same function, however rather than departing Bridlington Bus Station via the Promenade and Flamborough Road, it takes a slightly longer route via Quay Road and Queensgate - still on a hourly frequency.

In summary, the hourly 2 and 5 have been axed, with the 5 largely split between the old 4, 4A and 6 services. I haven't studied in detail, but presumably one bus was withdrawn from the Bridlington Town network as a result?