No more early morning 11 in Scunthorpe

North Lincolnshire Council tendered Scunthorpe Early Morning Town Circular Service 11, operated by Stagecoach, was cancelled after operation on Tuesday 31st March "as funding has been withdrawn". Presumably the unusual midweek finish date was due to the financial year. No usage details for the 11 are known.

The 11 operated two journeys Monday to Saturday, departing Scunthorpe Bus Station at 0625 and 0705 and returning to the Bus Station at 0700 and 0740. From the Bus Station, service 11 operated via Ashby Road, West Common Lane, Plymouth Road, Bristol Road, Scotter Road, Lichfield Avenue, Dryden Road, Enderby Road, Willoughby Road, Chancel Road, Grange Lane South, Ashby High Street and Ashby Road back to the Bus Station. 

In terms of alternatives, Ashby High Street and Ashby Road are catered for by Hornsby's service 4 Monday to Friday with 0640 and 0713 arrivals into Scunthorpe Bus Station. There is also a Stagecoach 100 Monday to Saturday along Ashby Road arriving at 0722. Plymouth Road, Dryden Road and parts of Enderby Road can access Scunthorpe Bus Station by 0727 on service 2 Monday to Saturday, whilst Grange Lane South has an 0742 first arrival Monday to Saturday on service 6. The first service from West Common Lane, Lichfield Avenue and parts of Chancel Road into Scunthorpe Bus Station now arrives at 0840 on service 3 Monday to Saturday (or 0827 using service 90 from the John Leggott College stop on West Common Lane on college days). 

The sections of Bristol Road and Willoughby Road served by the 11 are now unserved, as are parts of Enderby Road. One stop on Enderby Road and a pair of stops of Chancel Road are now served only by the evening and Sunday 1A/2A.

As can be seen by the above, other than Ashby High Street and Ashby Road Monday to Friday, no replacement exists for the 11's first journey, but more areas have an alternative for the second journey.

The history of the 11 can be traced back at least 39 and a half years. As of 26th October 1986, the 340 operated from Lichfield Avenue to Scunthorpe Bus Station via the same route (other than approaching the Bus Station), with a single 0635 departure Monday to Saturday. The same timetable was still in place in the 1995, 1999 and 2000 timetables I have. By 31st March 2003 the service started back at High Street East with two departures at 0625 and 0705. The 340 was renumbered to the 13 on 24th April 2006. The starting point changed to Scunthorpe Bus Station by 1st June 2015 and the renumbering to the 11 occurred as part of the Simplibus network on 29th October 2018.