Big changes are coming to bus services in York.
Residents along several bus routes in York will see a new operator in September, following a competitive tender process.
Two services serving the growing Germany Beck development in Fulford have also been extended.
The changes follow a local bus service review by City of York Council.
York & Country (operated by Transdev) have been selected as the winning bidder for Services 19, 20, 24 and 25.
Services 24 and 25 will be extended to serve Germany Beck, brought into the network for the first time.
Service 26 will cease to operate.
These are the key changes, to come into effect on Monday, 2 September.
- Service 19 between Skelton and Burton Stone Lane. Currently operated by York Pullman on weekdays and York & Country on Saturdays. From 2 September, York & Country will operate the service from Monday to Saturday. There are no changes to the route and the timetable will be very similar apart from Saturday’s last bus, which will change from 6.08pm to 5.20pm. Full updated timetable details are here.
- Service 20 between Rawcliffe – Clifton Moor – Monks Cross – Heworth/Osbaldwick will continue to be operated by York & Country, with no change to the route or timetable
- Service 24 between Acomb and the city centre will now serve the Germany Beck development and run between Acomb-York-Fulford instead of Ascot Way-Acomb-York. It will still be operated by York & Country and will still be hourly. The Ascot Way-Acomb section will be added to service 16, run by ConnexionsBuses, which will reduce from every 45 mins to every hour.
- Service 25 (Fulford – City – Foss Islands – Derwenthorpe) will now also serve Germany Beck, along with service 24, via Thornton Road, then Bishopdale Way, Whitting Close, and Porter Avenue.
- Service 26 (Fulford – City – South Bank) will cease to operate. The South Bank-York section will be covered by First’s service 11, which will be re-routed to include the Balmoral Terrace-Campleshon Road loop all day. The Fulford Road section will become part of service 24. There will be no replacement for the Friday & Saturday-only late evening 11.45pm journey from Piccadilly to Fulford, due to very poor usage (averaging one passenger per journey). The last bus from York to Fulford will be service 415 at 11.10pm, serving Fulford Road and Main Street.
- Service 16 (between Acomb – Hamilton Drive – City) will change. Its frequency will reduce from every 45 mins to every hour, with the route being extended to include Ascot Way, Windsor Garth, Danesfort Avenue, St Stephen’s Road, Cornlands Road and Askham Lane (all currently part of route 24)
- Service 11 will change as a result of the end of Service 26. Its frequency will remain the same, but all daytime journeys will include the South Bank loop (Balmoral Terrace, Queen Victoria Street, Campleshon Road) that are currently operated by service 26. Service 11 has always used this loop in the evenings.
Cllr Kate Ravilious, executive member for transport, said: “These are key services for our local communities and I’d like to thank all those involved for ensuring a smooth transition period, which means there will be no break in services.
“I’m delighted that residents living in the Germany Beck development will now have a bus service and I’d encourage residents to use the new routes on offer. And don’t forget that until December, we are subsidising fares for families and young people, making buses an even better way to travel in York.”
Transdev York and Country general manager Adam Emmott said: “We’re looking forward to serving the fast-growing Germany Beck development for the first time, providing residents with a new bus link to the heart of the city centre – much easier, cheaper and better for the environment than taking a car into central York.