#WestSussBus - finding out your views on the buses

Can the stop for the 700 bus at Arun leisure centre be reinstated?
The centre is well used for exercise as well as being a designated WARM SPACE and bank hub
Thankyou
I await you reply

The no 1 buses Worthing -Midhurst and back don’t join up well with train times in Pulborough and are very unreliable to come home in the evening between 4 and 6. Surely that would mean more people would use it if it worked for commuters from Pulborough to West Chilt and Storrington and the area.

I live in Ferring. I’ve just learnt that Stagecoach are going to re route our lifeline 700 bus from April . This, they claim is because it has to cross level crossing, which is down a lot more since the number of trains was increased last year. Instead we will get a new number 11 bus linking us to Worthing and Littlehampton. This is a vastly downgraded service because it will run only every 30 minutes on weekdays. Daytime only, and only hourly on Sundays. This will cause enormous stress and difficulty to regular passengers , like me, who are non- drivers, are elderly and use the bus for appointments, reaching a train station/ shops, various activities, (in my case exhibiting my paintings in Worthing). I cannot afford cabs, especially since Ferring is charged a premium because of the traffic system on the a259. How are we to get home in the early evening? . We moved here because there was decent public transport. How can they destroy the well being of a community?
At least have the decency to run more buses an hour and into the early evenings. #WestSussBuss

I regularly have to get a taxi into work from southwater to horsham because the bus just doesn’t come. it’s insane and making my living expenses that much higher in a time like this.

I regularly have to get a taxi into work from southwater to horsham because the bus just doesn’t come. it’s insane and making my living expenses that much higher in a time like this.

I regularly have to get a taxi into work from southwater to horsham because the bus just doesn’t come. it’s insane and making my living expenses that much higher in a time like this.

Haywards Heath is a huge commuter town and the prices of houses sure reflect this. However the buses finish around 8pm! Please explain this? How do you expect commuters to get home from the station?

Really concerned about the bus ticket Increase. My two daughters get the 700 bus to school (12&14yrs) so it will now cost me £60 a week to send them to school. Why can't you buy a reduced return ticket or a child rate ticket? Seems disproportionate for families and children to be paying out so much for short bus rides. I think we will have to just stop using the bus entirely even though it's more convenient and get the train in future

The number 60 bus service was atrocious on Saturday, December 14. I was waiting in the cold for the 08.18am at The Cathedral and it was cancelled. This then meant a 40 minute wait at Midhurst for the 70 to Fernhurst, which is usually waiting for me if I catch that 08.18am. In the evening, as I travelled home, the 18.32pm did not turn up and then suddenly just before 7pm two number 60s turned up at once, plus another bus that was going to Chichester, not via Holmbush. The 60 service should run like clockwork, buses should not be cancelled without notice and there was no reason for the 60 to be late on that dark night on Saturday.

The number 60 bus service was atrocious on Saturday, December 14. I was waiting in the cold for the 08.18am at The Cathedral and it was cancelled. This then meant a 40 minute wait at Midhurst for the 70 to Fernhurst, which is usually waiting for me if I catch that 08.18am. In the evening, as I travelled home, the 18.32pm did not turn up and then suddenly just before 7pm two number 60s turned up at once, plus another bus that was going to Chichester, not via Holmbush. The 60 service should run like clockwork, buses should not be cancelled without notice and there was no reason for the 60 to be late on that dark night on Saturday.

The number 60 bus service was atrocious on Saturday, December 14. I was waiting in the cold for the 08.18am at The Cathedral and it was cancelled. This then meant a 40 minute wait at Midhurst for the 70 to Fernhurst, which is usually waiting for me if I catch that 08.18am. In the evening, as I travelled home, the 18.32pm did not turn up and then suddenly just before 7pm two number 60s turned up at once, plus another bus that was going to Chichester, not via Holmbush. The 60 service should run like clockwork, buses should not be cancelled without notice and there was no reason for the 60 to be late on that dark night on Saturday.

The number 60 bus service was atrocious on Saturday, December 14. I was waiting in the cold for the 08.18am at The Cathedral and it was cancelled. This then meant a 40 minute wait at Midhurst for the 70 to Fernhurst, which is usually waiting for me if I catch that 08.18am. In the evening, as I travelled home, the 18.32pm did not turn up and then suddenly just before 7pm two number 60s turned up at once, plus another bus that was going to Chichester, not via Holmbush. Sort it out please! The 60 service should run like clockwork, buses should not be cancelled without notice and there was no reason for the 60 to be late on that dark night on Saturday.

Henfield used to have a bus that ran from Henfield to the Holmbush Centre. This stopped a few years ago and now there is no direct link. The Holmbush Centre is a very popular place for Henfield Residents to shop and meet. Community Transport Sussex did provide a weekly service which cost £8 per trip but this was reduced to omce a fortnight at £16. Currently getting to Holmbush on public transport involves 2 buses with a long delay between the two during the main part of the day. Could Henfield he added to the Bus It service? Sue Willis, Henfield Community Partnership

I booked a bus checked it 5 minutes before it was arriving And it cancelled on me I called and they told me it was unavailable and I had no way home because it's a 40-minute journey driving I don't drive very very disappointed as I used this bus service nearly every weekly day very very unhappy and very upset😫😫 I need you to get home to get my daughter and unable to as it was cancelled last minute

I booked a bus checked it 5 minutes before it was arriving And it cancelled on me I called and they told me it was unavailable and I had no way home because it's a 40-minute journey driving I don't drive very very disappointed as I used this bus service nearly every weekly day very very unhappy and very upset😫😫 I need you to get home to get my daughter and unable to as it was cancelled last minute

I booked a bus checked it 5 minutes before it was arriving And it cancelled on me I called and they told me it was unavailable and I had no way home because it's a 40-minute journey driving I don't drive very very disappointed as I used this bus service nearly every weekly day very very unhappy and very upset😫😫 I need you to get home to get my daughter and unable to as it was cancelled last minute

Completely useless service. Bus booked for 10.30 to arrive at St Richard’s in plenty of time for 11.30 appointment. First notification said bus 5 minutes late, second said it could arrive anytime up to 10.55. Could not wait so drove my husband to Chichester only to see the bus parked in the lay-by by Yummies food truck. Driver sat looking at his phone! If you can’t rely on bus running at the times it allows you to book there doesn’t seem to be any point to this service. We are unlikely to try it again.

60 bus to Midhurst is frequently late. It now very well used and we have to wait at least 10-12mins most lunchtimes. As it now so much better used maybe it should be more frequent and be every 20 mins
I think it was a mistake to change the route so that it doesn’t go into the bus station. If you catching a train it’s a real nuisance to have to walk back from East Street , if you have luggage it difficult and you’re crossing roads. The train goes to Gatwick after all!!!

I recently used the 60 bus service between Chichester and West Dean, I was impressed at how clean the buses were and how they kept to the timetable of every 30 mins. However I was surprised that the route did not include the bus station or even the railway station in Chichester.

West Sussex Bus Pass provide bus passes at their discretion. My son is diagnosed with autism. He has been autistic for all of his life and will remain autistic for all of his life so it is very frustrating that he has to apply every couple of years to renew his bus pass and that he has to pay a gp to give an expert opinion to say that due to the complexity of his disabilities he has never and will never drive. I think he should be given a bus pass for life