Route 137

Reading Buses have come up with a proposal affecting Route 137. Respond to them by Friday 6th February.

Highlights of the changes include:

- The current route numbers will disappear and be replaced by brand new services     routes 2 and 3

- The new services are intended to be more direct

- There will be extra evening, Sunday and in some cases late evening weekend services.

- The services will be more regular with more evening and Sunday buses

Although the main layout of the services has been decided, there is still time to consider any details that might occur to people before the services are registered with the Traffic Commissioner.

The new routes will start on 20th April 2009.

Route 2 proposal: Peppard Common/Sonning Common – Central Reading – Burghfield/Mortimer

Peppard Common and Sonning Common will be served by route 2, every half an hour on weekdays and hourly in the evening and Sundays. The new route will run across Reading town centre, giving better access than now to town centre stops. Route 2, which will be a cross-town service, will also run every half hour to Burghfield, Burghfield Common and Mortimer, with an hourly evening and Sunday service. New will be very late night journeys from Reading on Friday and Saturday evenings

For Peppard Common and Sonning Common areas, the new service would offer:

• A regular 30 minute frequency of buses to and from Peppard Common on Mondays to Saturdays during the daytime
• A completely new hourly evening and Sunday service to Sonning Common and Peppard Common
• A single route between Peppard Common/Sonning Common and Central Reading taking the most direct route omitting Tower Close, Marchwood Avenue and Kiln Road
• A direct service for students attending Blessed Hugh Faringdon School
• An easy to understand Monday to Friday afternoon timetable between Peppard Common and Central Reading
• Direct buses closer to the shops in Central Reading.

For the Burghfield Common and Mortimer areas improvements include:

• Buses every 30 minutes during Monday to Saturday daytimes between Mortimer and Burghfield Common and Central Reading

All Route 2 buses will operate via Clay Hill Road in Burghfield Common
There will be an improved evening and Sunday service to Burghfield Common and Mortimer
There will be new late night buses on Friday and Saturdays to Burghfield Common and Mortimer

with a last bus from Reading at 2.30 am.

Route 3 proposal: Central Reading – Burghfield – AWE - Tadley

Route 3 will be operate from Central Reading to Burghfield, Burghfield Common, then direct to AWE and Tadley, providing greatly reduced journey times between Tadley and Reading.

For the Tadley area improvements include:

• A new regular hourly service direct to and from Central Reading
• Buses will serve more of residential Tadley
• All buses will use the direct Reading Road in Burghfield Common