#WestSussBus - finding out your views on the buses

I take the 55 bus to and from Westhampnett to Chichester. On the whole the service is good but just recently I had to wait 45 minutes. Also when Goodwood events like Festival of Speed and the Revival are on the bus service ceases to operate.
It would be really good if on the bus stop electronic display it could indicate whether a bus was cancelled so you didn’t waste time waiting. After all life is short.

There is now no bus that goes along Chartres Chichester for students or someone visiting Westgate College and Leisure Centre. The 60 use to stop there now it goes round to Cathedral no stop before. Utter stupidity

When they are on time, they work really well and are cost effective. More than 50% of the time, they are more than 5 minutes late, which complicates arrangements.

Stagecoach staff at Chichester Bus station are so rude , I know buses can be delayed sometimes but often when you ask a question , they are aggressive and rude , their customer service is awful and no one is accountable

From Chichester to littlehampton or littlehampton to Chichester there should be a bus running atleast every hour during the early hours of the morning for the people like me who want to go and enjoy time and have a party with their friends but don’t want to pay £40 for a taxi to get back home. Some people just stay out for hours waiting for the trains or the buses to start up again and it’s realistically very unsafe for young girls to be waiting around at early hours of the morning also vulnerable because they’ve had a drink. We should be able to go out and have a reliable way of getting home and being able to go home when we please instead of waiting hours for a bus. Loads of people miss out on having any sort of social life because of the buses which is so unfair. A bus should run once every hour in the whole of West Sussex to be honest for more people’s safety or atleast the mainstream buses like the 700! Thank you

There sometimes seem's to be a shortage of space for buggies/pushchairs due to elderly people with 'walker's that they don't wish to break-down. and it amount's to them taking up to 3 seat's each.
There is also an issue with Collyer's student's boarding the 200 service between Horsham hospital(college opposite)between 2:30 and 4:00pm. taking up seat's and creating problem's for standard passenger's(double-decker's apart) and there is concern again for w/chair spaces and buggies.

I think these buses are absolutely brilliant and so reliable will you be extending the operating hours at all or will it stay from 7am to 7pm

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

#WestSussBus I recently traveled from Chichester to Bognor using bus service 700 Bognor Regis. As a wheelchair user, I encountered significant difficulties manoeuvring my power wheelchair on the bus. The buses lack adequate space for turning after entering, and I was particularly dismayed by the supposedly new bus 700, which is even smaller. It is disheartening that in 2024, buses still do not provide proper accessibility for wheelchair users. Those responsible for accepting these new buses should experience the challenges firsthand by sitting in a wheelchair and attempting to board. It is crucial to address this issue, as after entering, there is insufficient space to turn, making the overall experience unacceptable for wheelchair users.

Please reinstate the bus stop at Dial Post. The Knepp estate is lovely to walk around and if the 23 Worthing - Crawley bus were to stop here, as it once did, people could visit by bus and arrive safely instead of the treacherous crossing at Partridge Green Turn. Maybe traffic lights or a roundabout needed. Or perhaps a pedestrian bridge? Anything to reduce the traffic noise from the A24

Why is it that Horsham seem to get the older buses particularly when new Buses are introduced in Crawley & we get the old ones apart from route 200. Some of these Old buses are very uncomfortable particularly for older passengers.

I would like more frequent bus services from Storrington to all areas, especially to Worthing, Shoreham and Horsham. I an hour is simply not enough. The 700 is so Goode being every 10 minutes, but the no 1 is no good to go out for an evening as one could not get home after cinema, theatre etc trips.

The 74 goes extremely infrequently so is just not worth using. But gov constantly say use public transport. Fine if you live where they are in London with a bus every few seconds and the underground!
People in rural villages have to drive to catch a bus, so they probably drive all the way instead of using any bus.

With a couple of buses a day and nothing after 5 0r 6pm Walberton is poorly served. The new 500 for the New builds in Fontwell could have doubled our possibilities, except apparently the buses can't travel through Walberton. BUT of course with the sewage flowing in Barnham and the collapse of the sewer suddenly the buses CAN navigate the impassable route that is Walberton. I am at a loss as to how this can be explained away. But I expect you can.

I wish to complain about new bus service 500 as none of the buses go through Oving which means I can only access it at Shopwyke which is a long walk with shopping a nd the road and path is unlit.

Would it not be possible for this service to stop in Oving village once an hour?

Thanks

I use the 46 BRighton and Hove bus - and am not able to use my West Sussex pass until 09.30. Brighton and Hove passes are able to be used at 9am - why is this disparity, Also, if I want to travel to Shoreham, I would have to walk to the Old Shoreham Road (not always able to do that) catch the 46 to Tesco then catch the 2 into Shoreham, and the reverse on the way back. More buses into Shoreham would ease traffic.

The number 51 bus from Horsham bus station . We only have three bus a day the last one to get home leaves at around one o’clock. So if we go into town for Doctors or dentist doesn’t give you much time for shopping. Please could you help us with this I feel a lot more people would use the bus if we had a better service. At the moment we often have to use the car which really is not helping the environment

I caught the 270 bus yesterday afternoon to meet a friend locally, I am severely visually impaired bus user and use a white cane. Unfortunately the bus didn’t have any audio announcements on it and so was unsure when to get off. After alighting I was given no warning from the bus driver that the bus had not parked on a pavement and that it was in the middle of the road, this caused me to feel disoriented as to where I was due to it not stopping in it’s usual place and some warning about change of location would be helpful another time as well as if there is a steeper step than usual S even though my cane will detect steps the depth of this can be difficult to judge,

I am a regular bus user and generally the drivers are considerate and helpful but not on this occasion.. I also find it difficult to locate a seat especially when busy and very rarely does another passenger offer assistance.

I have sent an email regarding this matter and hope to hear from someone about this soon,

Kind regards

Emily Boyd

No17 Horsham- Henfield-Brighton welcome but unreliable timing, now only every hour, was every half hour, dirty windows, drivers too fast and jerky unsafe feeling on board....

Newly disabled and not allowed to drive so having to rely on public transport, buses in particular. I am appalled at how poor/limited the services are. The number 17 service Horsham to Brighton needs to urgently be improved. Only hourly buses, no service on a Sunday at all, so what am I supposed to do just never leave the house on a Sunday? I live in the middle of no where, no shops nothing which wasn't a problem whilst I could drive but now I can't, I feel isolated and trapped.

I want to use public transport, but never did before due to how terrible it is, now I have no choice and I am being forced into living an abnormal isolated life. I don't even know who to contact/complain to as no where seems to say who is responsible. One says council other says operator... an extremely upsetting, frustrating and disappointing issue.

Bus 55 Tangmere was almost 12 minutes late and I was still waiting for the bus. The bus passed across the station and did not stop despite me waving hands driver looked and ignored.really dissapointed with the service