Coming into or leaving the city centre by bus next week? Don’t forget to check the new, temporary location of your bus stop.
From next Monday 7 July all bus stops on the eastbound side of Royal Parade – the shop side – will be moved to temporary locations as preparations for the bus improvement scheme gets underway.
Passengers are being urged check where their stops are being moved to as this busy road sees hundreds of services go along this route every day.
All services that use bus stops A10, A11, A12, A13, A14, A15, A16, A17, A18, A19, A20 or A21 stop will be diverted to nearby temporary stops either in Union Street, Derry’s Cross roundabout or Mayflower Street. For more detailed information about what services go where visit Royal Parade travel information | PLYMOUTH.GOV.UK
The big stop move is only a temporary arrangement while work on the nine-month improvement scheme is underway. The scheme focuses on the eastbound side of Royal Parade between Derry’s Cross and St. Andrew’s Cross and involves:
- redesigning the road with a shallow sawtooth layout, increasing the number of bus stops from 12 to 15, to prevent double stacking, unnecessary idling and improve air quality. This will improve bus manoeuvrability and safety by reducing the need for buses to reverse out and ensure passengers can get on and off from the pavement.
- clearer information about where and what bus to get in the new shelters and upgraded Real Time Passenger Information displays
- bigger shelters to make it easier for people with pushchairs or wheelchairs to use them. They will have living roofs to support biodiversity
- an upgraded toucan crossing at Armada Way for pedestrians and cyclists
- average speed camera system to replace existing static cameras, supporting a safe environment.
Councillor John Stephens, the new Cabinet Member for Strategic Planning and Transport said: “There are over 100 buses every hour – making it the city’s busiest bus interchange – with over nine million passenger journeys from or to Royal Parade every year – either arriving to work in the city centre, to shop, stay or visit, or to head onto to destinations across the city.
“When finished, the scheme will reduce delays at this key point by cutting queues and double stacking of buses, making services more reliable and helping to make going by bus a more attractive option than the private car.”
Information with maps showing where to catch what services are available on buses, at the Plymouth Citybus shop on Royal Parade here: www.plymouth.gov.uk/royalparade
The Plymotion and the project team will be at Royal Parade every weekday until 11 July to make sure passengers know where to catch their bus. There will also be a community liaison officer throughout the construction of the scheme.