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29 November 2012
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Cowick/St Thomas
COWICK city councillor Paul Bull says he is disappointed by Stagecoach's response to his request for changes to the P bus route.
Many residents have requested it go directly down Cowick Street, so there would be a direct service stopping near to the doctors' surgery.
However, as reported in community news last week, Stagecoach revealed there are no such plans to make such a change, statin:
"The P was rerouted down Isleworth Road and Charnley Avenue to provide residents of High Meadows with a bus service.
"We appreciate there are some Crossmead residents who would like route P to also serve Cowick Street Health Centre.
"At present we have no plans to make this change."
In response, Cllr Bull has now told the Echo: "I am saddened and disappointed that Stagecoach feels that the current route of the P service only affects a small number of its passengers.
"It is not only those who live near Crossmead who feel aggrieved the there is no direct bus service to the St Thomas Health Centre, but the majority of the 4.000 residents of Cowick.
"Eighteen months ago, I remarked about it being easier for Cowick residents to visit a doctor in Pennsylvania than their nearest surgery.
"Well, that tongue-in-cheek remark was closer to the truth that I thought as the P passes the Mount Pleasant Health Centre.
Yet the residents of Beacon Heath that use that centre wish that the E, F1 or F2 could be diverted from Old Tiverton Road and run along Mount Pleasant.
"Well, that tongue-in-cheek remark was closer to the truth that I thought as the P passes the Mount Pleasant Health Centre.
Yet the residents of Beacon Heath that use that centre wish that the E, F1 or F2 could be diverted from Old Tiverton Road and run along Mount Pleasant.
"It's all well and good suggesting that passengers could change at either the Barley Mow or St Thomas Shopping Centre, but that adds time to their journey.
Cllr Bull added: "I wonder how funding for the national Bus Pass works?
"Does Stagecoach get a fixed annual fee, or is it based on numbers of pass users?
Cllr Bull added: "I wonder how funding for the national Bus Pass works?
"Does Stagecoach get a fixed annual fee, or is it based on numbers of pass users?
"Many Cowick residents forego the option of public transport and choose to use their cars.
"When they do, they are faced with congestion at the First and Last junction - often caused by the backing up of buses on the very route that is denied to them.
"When they do, they are faced with congestion at the First and Last junction - often caused by the backing up of buses on the very route that is denied to them.
"Maybe they should take my lead and join me on the P route and talk to their very annoyed customers"
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