I would like a late bus out of Arundel to allow an wn evening visit to friends and or a restuarant visit. Even if only 1 at say 8.30?
Thanks

I would love to use the bus service but we have had ours cut in Ardingly for years. There are no sensible connections to other services. It's getting quite sad as we are being cut off and since COVID there are a lot who cannot afford a taxi as their prices have rocketed. We need help!

We really need a better bus service in Angmering village, which No. 9 covers. We only have a bus from Monday to Saturday, so if you don’t have a car you can’t get around, especially for us elderly folk, so you are cut off from family and friends. The only option is taxis and our pension does not run to that. Also one bus an hour is awful, by the time you get to worthing for shopping the turn around just does work. With all the 700 route when sometimes three turn up together is out of our reach. Why can’t one come up to the square and back out, at least it would give you more options. Especially with all the building in Angmering, a better bus service would help cut down the use of so many cars and help the environment.

I have lived in Barnham for 5 years and would like to use the bus service to get to Chichester. however at only 2 buses a day it really impractical. Now with Barnham increase in housing developments surely this should be increased to help with reducing car journeys. I know we have a train service to Chichester but as I am retired I can't use my free bus card on the train.

The local bus service ( 52 &53) is rubbish.
The electronic signs bear absolutely NO resemblance to the actual bus arrival. I have complained about this before.
Who ever thought it was a good idea for WSCC to manage the signs ? Surely this should be the bus company’s responsibility. Just MAD.
Very often, although the bus is supposed to go to & from the Cathedral, it turns round at the bus station. You either have to change at the bus station or wonder if the bus you want at the Cathedral will ever turn up.
We now use our car which is what you are supposed to be helping us avoid.

No 84 service. I live in Sharpthorne & have no car., I cannot get to see my GP in Crawley Down. I can go to Crawley or East Grinstead but cannot get to Haywards Heath. All a bit sparse not to say random?!? There is a proposal to build 125 new dwellings in Sharpthorne and the situation will be dire.. don’t say you had no idea or warnings about the level of complaints riding..,

Why do bus services in Horsham stop so early on a Sunday? Why are they only once an hour during the week evenings? Why are bus services so generally unreliable, especially the busy Southwater route which experiences high demand. At times, it is impossible to get to Southwater from Horsham train station and most of the time there are no taxis either. Basically, it is assumed everyone has access to a car and public transport is an afterthought.

Why is there no live bus information west bound from Worthing Dome stops?

Stagecoach has arbitrarily eliminated three key bus stops in Tangmere. The fare, £8 return for a three mile journey into Chichester, is unaffordable for many local families, especially job seekers and people on low wages, and poor value for anyone paying full fare. There is no bus available when the theatre lets out in the evening, which force people to use their cars instead. Buses are large and old and no doubt energy-inefficient and expensive to run, and for the above reasons, often run almost empty. Stagecoach would do well to invest in a new fleet of both medium and larger buses,to adapte to different frequentations- school runs, rush hour or quieter mid morning and afternoon. Finally, we need more bus routes from the east into Chichester to enable more people to take the bus, not their cars

The Horsham to Brighton bus used to run every thirty minutes before Covid. We now have a one an hour service in Henfield and no bus at all Sundays and Bank holidays. I am aware most people have cars but many others do not drive or would prefer that less cars were on our roads. Less cars on the road should be the way forward but until we are provided with a better bus service the use of cars unfortunately will continue. The village has no railway station so it is vital to the community to have an appropriate transport system in place. It can be very isolating for the elderly when they cannot get out and about. Perhaps smaller buses could be the answer and shorter routes? I am sure it has an impact on young people too getting to college or socialising in towns outside the village.

Some single deck yellow buses in Chichester needs to have seats replaced. They are in desperate need of replacements

Hi, I live in burgess hill. The lack of full service during the weekends is an example of outdated thinking. No local bus service after 6/7pm any evening. No buses after 6 to hospitals on Saturday No service at all on Sunday. Do you really think people don't go places after 6pm, and don't work after 5, and nobody works Sundays. Come on. There are many 16-24+ who have jobs that finish later and start early, example KFC. They depend on public transport to get to work. Hospital staff need better transport links too. And let's talk about Gatwick Airport. We have a big Airport in our area how come we don't have adequate bus links for staff and customers for all who don't live close to a train station. And there needs to be a dramatic improvement on services between 2 and 4pm put on extra school buses if required. There's a need for better stronger links to lewes, Plumpton college, perhaps a loop bus service between burgess hill and Haywards heath. All bus stops should have a digital display nowadays. There needs to be better links east west across the county as well as North South. Crawley is too much of a hub. There has been a huge population growth in burgess hill due to endless house building in the area, which sadly is not serviced by expanded bus services, this leads to yet more cars, etc. Better timetabling to consider a special bus service to attend ALL local schools should be considered. To be better at being greener we need to be linked better, instead of seeing read about transport woes, rails or wheels it's still woeful. Warden park should be adequately supported with its efforts to provide students with much needed after school clubs, these clubs aren't just sports but theres also homework club, something kids who need that extra help can get it, for free. Do your duty to provide a service to suit the people, the kids, the workers, the carers, the disabled, not to suit your old fashioned outdated views of how people lived 50 years ago. And every new estate/development needs at least a bus stop .7 days a week service, and a night service too running between the hospitals.and the airport.

I'm 63 and live in midhurst not yet old for bus pass and no longer working and not on benefits
Would it be possible to have a special discount for the 60-66 age group I would think it would make more use of the bus service and surely a discounted fare is more beneficial than a empty seat
My local bus is a excellent service but in my opinion under used

I live in Squadron Drive West Durrington. We have no bus stops near our house and we are both elderly. With the new building development of many flats in Fullbeck way it would be ideal to have a bus stop there. It’s still quite a walk from my home and as I have a disability with walking it would at least be closer.

This past week I have experienced such problems with the 700 bus, both to and from Bosham to
Chichester. Usually they are mostly regular, and to time, but I have waited for an hour or more three times.
I know the closure of South Street Chichester must be a problem, but the ensuing chaos at the Cathedral stop has been acute, and very frustrating . 0 out of 10 from me.SH

We only have 1 (ONE) bus per week. More would be useful.

We live in Shipley Bridge Lane, Copthorne which has a 7.5T weight restriction. Three buses travel down this Lane, a Metro double decker 281, and the Southdown single decker 422 and 424.

We have observed almost 300 buses pass our house from 5/9/22 - 6/10/22, from 9am to dusk. They have carried around 500 people (an average of two or less). 91% of the time there are less than 6 people on the buses. 55% of the time there are no people on the buses. The bus only carries a reasonable number of people when carrying children from/to school/college.

For the two Southdown buses, we have observed 145 buses carrying a total of only 52 people. 72% of the time it runs empty - zero passengers are carried. 100% of the time less than 6 people are carried. We have never seen the Southdown bus in Shipley Bridge Lane carrying more than 6 people.

We question why we are running buses on a weight restricted route when the bus is predominantly empty. Why are we running double decker buses carrying minimal people when a small single decker would suffice.
Why are we spending valuable council tax and tax payers money on buses that are not used and which might be better used on other routes, or to provide a better service on other well used routes.

Running a bus along a weight restricted Lane also encourages other HGVs to use the Lane - on the basis if it’s good enough for the double decker bus then it’s good enough for them.

We support the Council providing bus transport but with the cost of living crisis we feel that buses should be run on routes people use because they are quick, direct, and fulfill a need.

My 3 children get the 31 bus from Northlands Wood to Warden Park return. It would be great if there were buses at 4.30, so they could get back after a club. Also, yesterday the 31 didn't turn up at the end of the school day. In the mornings, my children often don't get a seat and there has been occasions when it didnt stop at the PRH, leaving other children stranded. When you pay £9.50 for each child, it works out at £114 a month..which is very expensive, especially when it's not that reliable!

I used to travel to Horsham from Burgess Hill by bus. I would get the 100 bus to Henfield then change onto the 17 for Horsham. The 100 bus is hourly and the 17 used to run every half hour. However it is now only hourly and involves a long wait in Henfield. I appreciate that during lockdowns etc when people were travelling less it was uneconomical to run 2 buses an hour. I was hoping that now things are different the half hourly service might return. I no longer make the trip because of the long wait in between buses.

It would be great to have buses stop at Warden Park School at 4.30 pm to pick up after school clubs, lots of the kids from Balcombe go to the after-school clubs at least twice a week. It might encourage more kids to take part in the after school clubs too as they can get home easily.