Your feedback - The results
8th July 2024
Thank you for all your feedback, ideal bus journey suggestions and support for our community campaign.
We are pleased to announce that our efforts to prove that the demand is out there” - Made up from all of the responses so far received from local residents, indicates that bus fares from supporting passenger journeys would cover 84% of the costs of running this proposed service.
To date we have received a total of 2,888 responses from local residents supporting a campaign for a new bus service between Church Crookham, Elvetham Heath, Fleet/Train Station, Ancells Farm, Yateley, Darby Green, Blackwater, Frimley Park Hospital and Farnborough.
The majority of responses still support a timetable frequency of every 30 minutes
In the meantime our campaign will continue with the ambition to encourage approx 550 more supporting responses by the end of August 2024. If we can reach this target it will prove that the demand is out there and help us move to the next stage of our campaign.
Feedback suggestions serving other destinations
Since the launch of our campaign we have also received feedback from residents suggesting other bus service improvements or new direct services serving other destinations from the Fleet and surrounding area, these include:
--> Aldershot & Farnham (70 responses)
--> Hartley Wintney & Reading (68 responses)
--> Camberley, Bagshot & Bracknell (41 Responses)
--> Hook & Basingstoke (21 responses)
--> Guildford (6 responses)
--> Sandhurst & Crowthorne (3 responses)
--> Odiham (2 responses)
--> Gibraltar Barracks (2 responses)
--> Zebon Copse (2 responses)
We will still continue to welcome feedback suggestions for improvements or new routes serving other destinations within our neighbouring communities. However, for these ideas to have a fighting chance of success, each suggestion will need a separate campaign with its own self-sustainability target.
Unfortunately, at this time we do not have enough volunteer help to run multiple concurrent campaigns. However, if our original campaign proves a success we will then be in a better position to further investigate all these other suggestions/feedback and run more of these campaigns to help build a better bus future for our neighbouring communities from September 2024.
What’s our next stage
From September 2024 we will be defining the exact route for our new bus route proposal and making efforts to convince Hampshire County Council and the local bus operators to give our campaign more serious consideration.
Furthermore due to the recent change in political governance we will also need to discover what new transport strategies and support is available to plan our best way forward.
In the meantime we need to encourage more local residents, who are in support for these proposals to send us their ideal bus journey feedback to help us gather the evidence to prove the demand is out there.
If you’re in support of this proposal and would potentially use this service in the future please send us your feedback. Your ideal journey feedback will be put to good use to help shape the route, timetable and help turn this campaign into a success.
We will continue to put your feedback to good use to help build a better bus future for our and neighbouring communities.
Supporting a Better Bus Future
To find out how you can help spread the news please visit our Support Our Campaign page or contact us.
Your Comments
Here are some of your comments...
Hawley Lane to Frogmore school there is no current bus journey for my son to be able to get to school which is very frustrating. There is quite a few mums in the area who fill the same.
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My son has lots of friends in fleet and it would be so nice for him to be able to be independent and get the bus there.
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A bus serving this route would allow better connections between Yateley and surrounding rail stations, making onward commuting much easier when you don't want to use a car.
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Parking at Frimley Park Hospital is so awful that a regular bus services are the only answer. Lots of appointments are being missed all due to parking issues.
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My sons are 16 18 and 21 and they are looking for work - due to the lack of busses - it really limits the locations they can seek work in. Getting reliable access to nearby towns would be a game changer for them
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The route you have shown seems really sensible and I'm surprised it's not already running.
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Anything to give alternatives to people driving cars, often by themselves should be encouraged. It might encourage more people to use the shops, pubs and restaurants in Fleet and Farnborough
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I would love to be able to take my little girl out more as I do not drive and since moving to fleet feel rather isolated. Due to the buses being so few and far in between we don't venture out as I cannot guarantee to get back for her at a reasonable time or when we are out we cannot be out for long max 1hour before the bus back is due.