Additional improvement by Stagecoach in South Wales but still no direct bus route to Cardiff for Cynon Valley Commuters Why?
Additional improvements to 17 bus services from this week
Improvements to 17 more bus services came into effect from September 6 and 7 – on top of the changes introduced last week, further increasing the level of service.
In the initial response to the Coronavirus pandemic, a foundation level of service was agreed between bus operators and the Council to control the spread of the virus. With travel restrictions in place, this was considered to be sufficient to allow key workers to access their place of employment, and for residents without a vehicle to access shops for essential food and medicine.
Last week (from September 1), a number of improvements were announced in the first stage of moving away from this foundation level of service, for the benefit of bus users. The full list of those changes can be found here.
With support from Welsh Government’s Bus Emergency Scheme, these additional improvements were made for Sunday services from September 6:
- Service 100, Royal Glamorgan Hospital to Pontypridd (Edwards Coached) – six further return journeys re-introduced.
- Service 400, Gwaunmiskin to Cardiff (Edwards Coaches) – five further return journeys re-introduced.
- Service 9, Glynhafod to Merthyr Tydfil (Stagecoach) – this service has been re-introduced, every hour.
On top of the above, the following bus service changes have come into effect from Monday, September 7:
- Service 1, Aberdare to Abernant (Stagecoach) – this service has increased to hourly journeys.
- Service 2, Aberdare to Ty Fry (Stagecoach) – this service has increased to hourly journeys.
- Service 6, Aberdare to Merthyr Tydfil (Stagecoach) – this service has increased to hourly journeys.
- Service 7, Aberdare to Penderyn (Stagecoach) – this service has increased to hourly journeys, with two buses per hour to Hirwaun.
- Service 9, Glynhafod to Merthyr Tydfil (Stagecoach) – the number of journeys has increased to two per hour.
- Service 11C, Aberdare to Cwmdare (Stagecoach) – this service has increased to hourly journeys.
- Service 113, Aberdare to Cwmbach (Stagecoach) – this service has increased to hourly journeys.
- Service 99, Pontypridd Town Circular (Stagecoach) – resumed with journeys every 15 minutes (up to 3.30pm) and every 20 minutes (3.30pm to 5.10pm). There is now a break of service for 45 minutes between 12.15pm and 1pm each day.
- Service 122, Tonypandy to Cardiff (Stagecoach) – this service has resumed with half-hourly journeys on Mondays to Saturdays and two-hourly on Sundays.
- Service 137, Porth to Coronation Terrace (Stagecoach) – this service has resumed the previous timetable of four journeys.
- Service 138, Porth to Trehafod (Stagecoach) – this service has resumed the previous timetable of five journeys.
- Service 139, Treorchy to Cwmparc (Stagecoach) – this service has been further increased, re-introducing the previous timetable of half-hourly journeys but with a break between 11.57am and 1.05pm.
- Service 155, Porth to Ferndale (Stagecoach) – additional journeys have been reinstated.
- Service 170, Blaenllechau to Clydach Vale (Stagecoach) – this service is now operating further journeys, but with breaks from 2.10pm to 4.10pm (to Blaenllechau) and 2.50pm to 4.10pm (to Clydach Vale).
If bus users have any queries, or to receive any further updates, they should contact Traveline Cymru via www.traveline.cymru or 0800 464 0000.
