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Thursday 3 December 2009

RESIDENTS TO LOSE BUS SERVICES

Residents of Ringwood Avenue will see a significant deterioration in bus services in changes proposed in the new year.

Currently, this area has an eight minute frequency service in the peak Monday to Friday and ten minute frequency on a Saturday. In the off peak services including those on a Sunday are generally every twenty minutes.

Newport Transport will offer a half hourly Monday to Friday service covering the area as part of a new service 9 between the City Centre and Langstone Business Park.

Following a review by the City Council they have agreed to support a half hourly peak time service on a Saturday. The City Council states "Many of the residents in Ringwood Avenue and neighbouring Bishpool Lane are elderly and would find it difficult to walk to bus stops on Chepstow Road and Ringland Circle." However, the area will no longer be served on a Sunday.

Newport Transport will be extending services this year until 9pm (instead of 7pm) on Christmas Eve and New Years Eve.

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