Buses Return to Mossgate Park, but Service 4 is reduced.

 

From Sunday, 2nd July buses will return to Mossgate Park in Heysham after an absence of just over a year.

Stagecoach re-routed services1/1A away from the area in May 2022 amid concerns that the poor quality of the road surface and in particular the anti-speeding humps were damaging the buses. Crucially, some of the roads on the estate had not been adopted by Lancashire County Council for maintenance purposes as they did not meet the standard required after being built by the developer.

Stagecoach promised that they would return to the area once the roads had been brought up to standard and it appears that this has now been done. The change of route will be introduced on 2nd July at the start of the Lancaster University vacation, which also sees the service level between the City Centre and the University reduced for the summer.

Service 4 reduced

Service 4 is being reduced during University vacations from July

From the same date the timetable on service 4 (Railway Station - University) is reduced from half-hourly to hourly.  This happened last year for the first time, but the difference this time is that the service reduction will in future apply during ALL University vacations.

The Bus Users' Group considers this a retrograde step, requiring as it does, many passengers who have no connection with the University to bear in mind  the dates during which the University is on holiday, which of course total more than half the year!

We also understand that it is planned to remove the service from Common Garden Street on the grounds of "improving reliability" and have asked Stagecoach for clarification.