Stagecoach have 'book-ended' the school Summer Holidays with two sets of service changes in Hull - on Sunday 24th July and then on Sunday 4th September. Below are what I consider to be the main changes.
Service 1: Hull Paragon Interchange to Boothferry Estate
Since 24th July, service 1 has been reduced from every 10 minutes Monday to Saturday daytimes to every 15 minutes. The 1W variation via Smith and Nephew was withdrawn and the last bus from Paragon Interchange Monday to Saturday moved from 2305 to 2320. Some enhancements have been made on Sunday mornings with the first bus from Paragon Interchange now at 0730 rather than 0830 and from the Boothferry Estate at 0740 instead off 0820.
Service 2: Wawne-North Bransholme-North Point-Hull City Centre-Boothferry Estate
From 24th July, service 2 was amended from every 20 minutes between North Bransholme and the Boothferry Estate and every 10 minutes between Hull City Centre and the Boothferry Estate Monday to Saturday daytimes, to every 15 minutes between North Bransholme and the Boothferry Estate. This coincided with service 7 being rerouted away from North Bransholme where it had been operating every 20 minutes Monday to Friday daytimes and every half hour Saturday daytimes. All Monday to Saturday daytime service 2's now serve Paragon Interchange (services from North Bransholme had been omitting), whilst morning peak variation 2X via Sutton Fields Industrial Estate has been withdrawn.
Hourly Monday to Saturday daytime Wawne extensions remain as before, but with some evening improvements. Rather than a last service from Paragon Interchange at 1800, departures to the village are now at 1817, 1905 and 2330. From Wawne, the last service is now at 1907 rather than 1702.
The last service from North Bransholme is earlier at 2215 rather than 2240 Monday to Saturday, but from Paragon Interchange to North Bransholme is now at 2330 rather than 2300.
The use of the 2A suffix for evening and Sunday journeys via Sutton Park was dropped as part of these changes, whilst on Sunday daytimes rather than a half hourly service between North Bransholme and the Boothferry Estate via Sutton Park there is now an hourly service from Wawne to the Boothferry Estate via the Monday to Saturday daytime route, and an hourly North Bransholme to the Boothferry Estate service via Sutton Park. This restores a Sunday service to Wawne.
Service 3: Bilton Grange-Greatfield-Hull Paragon Interchange-Orchard Park
The 24th July changes saw the Monday to Friday 10 minute frequency from Bilton Grange start to be reduced post 1707 rather than post 1847. Monday to Saturday late evening services have been increased from hourly to half hourly.
Service 4: Bilton Grange-Hull Paragon Interchange-Orchard Park
As part of the 24th July revisions, the Monday to Friday daytime frequency was reduced from every 10 to every 15 minutes, but the Sunday frequency increased from hourly to half hourly. The last service from Paragon Interchange to Orchard Park is slightly later Monday to Saturday at 1912 rather than 1850 Mon-Fri/1845 Sat.
Service 5: Hull Paragon Interchange-Orchard Park-Kingswood-North Point-Hull Paragon Interchange
Since 24th July the Monday to Friday daytime frequency has been reduced from every 10 minutes between Paragon Interchange and Orchard Park and every 20 minutes for the full route to every 15 minutes between Paragon Interchange and Orchard Park, and every half hour for the full route. Between Hull Paragon Interchange and North Point in East Hull, a combined 15 minute frequency is offered with service 8. On Sunday daytimes, the hourly Paragon Interchange to Orchard Park 'shorts' are extended to Kingswood.
Service 7: Hull Paragon Interchange-Sutton Park-North Point-Kingswood/North Bransholme
The only major route change Stagecoach have made in Hull is to re-route the 7 from North Bransholme to Kingswood Retail and Leisure Parks, a change introduced in the July amendments - this reintroduces a direct service from North Point and Bodmin Road to Kingswood Retail Park and a service of any kind from Sutton Park to Kingswood. Given the 2 to North Bransholme being increased in frequency, this is an amendment which seems logical.
Monday to Friday the frequency is reduced from every 20 minutes to every half hour, coordinated with the 8 for a 15 minute interval between Paragon Interchange and North Point. The last service from Kingswood is at 1815 rather than 1655 Mon-Fri/1650 Sat when previously departing North Bransholme - again logical as Kingswood is a destination in a way North Bransholme isn't.
Service 8: Hull Paragon Interchange-Sutton Park-North Point-Salthouse Road-Hull Paragon Interchange
From 24th July, the Monday to Friday daytime frequency was reduced from every 20 minutes to every half hour. The Monday to Saturday morning peak 8X variation was renumbered as service 8, still serving Clough Road but as per bustimes.org, omitting Sutton Fields Industrial Estate - in combination with the 2X withdrawal, that leaves Sutton Fields without a bus service penetrating the estate.
Monday to Saturday evening the last clockwise circular from Paragon Interchange was moved from 2010 to 1935, but a new 2320 Paragon Interchange to North Point via Sutton Park 'short' was added.
On Sunday mornings, two new North Point to Paragon Interchange via Sutton Park 'shorts' were introduced at 0745 and 0845.
Service 12/12A: Hull Paragon Interchange-Sutton-North Point
The 24th July changes saw the withdrawal of the Monday to Saturday 1825 12A from Paragon Interchange, with the last 12A now at 1755, and alternative service 12's at 1810 and 1840. The 2310 service 12 from Paragon Interchange was retimed to 2320.
Service 14: Hull Paragon Interchange-Greatfield
An extra Sunday morning journey was added on 24th July, at 0725 - previous first departure 0835.
Service 16: Hull Paragon Interchange-Victoria Dock-Sutton-North Point
Whilst the 'headline' remains an hourly Monday to Saturday frequency, there were a number of changes introduced in July:
- The Monday to Saturday 0720 Paragon Interchange to North Point became a 0730 Paragon Interchange to Siemens.
- The Monday to Saturday 0909 Morrisons to North Point became a Saturday only 0840 Paragon Interchange to North Point, with the first weekday North Point arrival now not until 1033.
- The 1440 North Point to Paragon Interchange was withdrawn Monday to Friday but not on Saturdays
- The Monday to Saturday 1625 and 1735 Morrisons to Paragon Interchange were replaced by a Saturday only 1545 North Point to Paragon Interchange and a Monday to Saturday 1645 North Point to Paragon Interchange.
- In contrast, the differing Monday to Friday and Saturday late afternoon timetables from Paragon Interchange were standardised. The Monday to Friday 1445 to North Point, 1555/1705 to Morrisons and 1815 to North Point plus the Saturday 1440 to North Point, 1540 to Morrisons and 1640/1740/1810 to North Point became a six day a week 1445/1555/1705/1815 to North Point
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Stagecoach also have a new 241 service from North Bransholme to Heron Foods in Melton starting on the 5th September, running 3 times in each direction. Runs via Brans C, Sutton Park, Beverley Road, Interchange, Anlaby Road, Boothferry Road, Boothferry Estate and Hessle Square.
Thanks for that - will look out for the timetable (assuming it's a public service)
Believe 2A and 8X will stick around, they've been using these blinds despite app and websites stating the letters were dropped. Service 16 1555 run via Malet Lambert and Summergangs Road onto Holderness Road is a weird anomaly and the 17S service is an interesting tender win too.
These all seem to make sense a part from the 5, ( really going to need more double deckers on that now). I don't like the removal of suffixes which seems to be a common theme with stagecoach ems most recent timetable changes. Interestingly the number 8 still often uses its 8x blind still. The change to the 20 is more than welcome (for askew av) but still the same route number for both routes seems off.
That last 350 was always a nightmare both ways. And as for the last 255 to hull, the drivers always used to arrive to Bransholme a good 15-20 mins early so hopefully that should now be fixed. Although the 0000 from Hull Truck Theatre to Bransholme looses its appeal as a "night bus" that was never ment to be
Service 70 was already running last week which is odd as the Stagecoach website suggests it returns from next week!
All in all it’s a story of cuts and frequency reductions throughout Hull. Same at East Yorkshire. There are now generally fewer buses on most corridors than we’ve seen for decades. Ironically, all those bus lanes that Hull City Council put in and extended to all day use are seeing fewer and fewer buses. Beverley High Road, for example, now sees (by my calculation) 9 buses per hour compared to 19 pre-covid. Newland/Princes Avenue down from 12 per hour to 7.
Re the 2X & 8X - when I checked bustimes.org at the weekend, the individual stop listing indicated they were no longer running via Sutton Fields Industrial Estate
Could the 1555 service 16 route be for students staying after school for extra-curricular activities?
Is there any public information on this yet?
Starts tomorrow, it will be at Interchange at 0510, 0637, 1310, 1447, 2110, 2247. Stand 37.
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