A POPULAR bus service used by boaters when in Braunston is being revised following cuts to funding by the local councils, writes Kevin McNiff.
The No.12 bus will cease operation between Daventry and Rugby on Saturday 4th June. It currently connects canal users from a stop outside the Boathouse Pub. It also serves the HMP site at Onley, which is also a popular mooring spot on the north Oxford canal near bridge 81.
Only between Braunston and Daventry
From 6th June, the bus will only travel between Braunston village and Daventry, stopping at The Green. Preliminary times would indicate an hourly service but this should be checked with the online timetable when the service commences.
Data supplied by Stagecoach Midlands showed that the service was not really used to its potential, unlike the No.10 which runs from Daventry to Rugby. However, following discussions with Northamptonshire and Warwickshire county councils, Stagecoach will run an experimental trial service (13) for a period of six months, to be reviewed in December.
Mondays to Saturdays No. 13
Braunston London Road 0930
Willoughby Main Road 0934
Onley Park HMP Rye Hill 0938 1500
Onley Park Main Road 0940 1502
Dunchurch opposite War Memorial 0944 1506
Dunchurch Road Opposite Sainsbury's 0948 1510
Orson Leys 0950 1512
Hillside Chaucer Road 0952 1514
Rokeby Estate Charles Field Road 0956 1518
Rugby North Street 1003 1525
Rugby Railway Station - 1530
Rugby Railway Station 1300
Rugby North Street 1308
Rokeby Estate Charles Field Road 1315
Hillside Chaucer Road 1319
Orson Leys 1321
Dunchurch Road opposite Sainsbury's 1323
Dunchurch War Memorial 1327
Onley Park Main Road 1331
Onley Park HMP Rye Hill 1333
Willoughby Main Road 1337
Braunston London Road 1341
Shopping service option
Warwickshire County Council will be additionally providing a shopping service option on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays only between Willoughby/Onley Park and Rugby. Details can be found at www.flexi-bus.co.uk for services 203, 214 and 222
Northamptonshire operates a County Connect service which is available by booking ahead if you are a registered user. The service also stretches down to Banbury as Oxfordshire "pokes" into the county along the north eastern edges. Concessionary bus passes are accepted after 0930 Mon - Sat. There are no Sunday or bank holiday services. For more information, go to www.county-connect.co.uk/