First have confirmed that the number 4 and 5 services are to be combined from 7th October. The result will be a 7 minute frequency.
Details of this and other bus changes are now displayed on the First web site. http://tinyurl.com/Bus-changes-York-7th-Oct-12
On the face of it the service should increase capacity on the number 4 route through Dringhouses and may reduce the danger of people being left at bus stops at busy times. How popular the change will prove to be in the Acomb area remains to be seen.
In future the number 4 will not penetrate the new University campus but will turn at Heslington Hall (as it used to) which may also improve reliability.
Also affected are the number 12, which is now confirmed as routing to Monks Cross, and the 13 which will link Tadcaster Road to Haxby.
The full statement from First reads: (more…)