First Bus have announced changes to the number 12 and 14 services that serve the Tadcaster Road and Woodthorpe areas.
The changes follow City of York Council undertaking a competitive tender exercise for subsidised bus services. The most significant change will see the number 14 service run by a different operator.
Here is the information that First have published regarding the number 12:
- Changes to the early Saturday morning timetable
- A revised service will operate in the evenings between 1900 to 2100 providing journeys between Stonebow and Woodthorpe. These will operate to Woodthorpe as normal route to Moor Lane, then via Acomb Park Old Moor Lane (layby), terminating at Woodthorpe Shops. The last First Bus from Woodthorpe to York will leave at 2125
- Journeys after 2100 to Woodthorpe will be undertaken by service 14 which will be undertaken by another operator under contract to City of York Council
- The 1818 from Monks Cross will be retimed to operate at 1810, and an additional journey from Monks Cross at 1835 and will operate through to Woodthorpe
The revised number 12 timetable is available HERE
We will make available information about the new arrangements for the number 14 service as and when we have them.
If another bus operator operates the bus service back to Woodthorpe in the evening, will they honour a first night ticket? I presume not. That means it’s going to cost more to go I to town in the evening with 2 single journeys and prevents you using a return ticket across different bus services. A backwards move again for a large residential area with a lack of public transport.
If First have the contract for York then they should take on all services not pick and mix what they want and do not want to operate.