News
22 May 06Changes to Bus Services
There will be a widespread revision of bus services in Poole with effect from Sunday 4th June 2006. Many services are renumbered and rerouted and these changes are summarised below.
For further details of timetables and general public transport information please telephone traveline on 0870 608 2 608 or visit www.travelinesw.com 
If you wish to comment on these changes please contact the operator direct:-
· Wilts & Dorset Buses (01202) 673555 www.wdbus.co.uk
e-mail: enquiries-poole@wdbus.co.uk
The Borough of Poole also welcomes feedback. Please telephone during office hours on:-
· (01202) 262242 for public bus services
· (01202) 262241 for schools services
e-mail transportation@poole.gov.uk or write to Passenger Transport, Transportation Services, Borough of Poole, St.John’s House, Serpentine Road, Poole, BH15 2DX
Current Service No. | Current Route Description | What’s changed? |
Route ONE | Poole Bus Station- Hospital – Quay via Rail Station and Poole Quarter | - Route ONE service unchanged.
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m1 | Poole-Bournemouth- Castlepoint via Upper Parkstone | - W&D Service m1 minor timetable changes to morning journeys.
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m2 | Poole-Bournemouth- Somerford/Burton via Upper Parkstone | - W&D Service m2 minor timetable changes to morning journeys.
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m5 | Poole - Canford Heath (Tollerford Road) via Kingsbere Road/Pound Lane and Park Gates | · W&D Service m5 increased daytime frequency from every 30 minutes to every 20 minutes. - Rerouted off Kingsbere Road, Pound Lane and Park Gates to serve Wimborne Road. \n
- Passengers for Kingsbere Road, Pound Lane and Fernside Road have a new replacement Roadliner Service 32.
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m6 | Poole - Canford Heath (Tower Park) via Wimborne Road | - Increased daytime frequency from every 30 minutes to every 20 minutes.
- Reduced Sunday evening service.
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m7 | Poole - Canford Heath (Nuffield Industrial Estate) via Wimborne Road | - Service withdrawn
- Passengers from Nuffield Estate and Stinsford Road no replacement service. Nearest stop now Canford Heath Road.
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91 | Poole- Hamworthy – Turlin Moor | - Renumbered to W&D Service 9 operating on same route.
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92 & 94 | Poole – Hamworthy - Upton | - Replacement W&D Service 8 rerouted via Fleetsbridge and Creekmoor- no longer serves Hamworthy.
- No daytime link between Hamworthy and Upton now available.
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97, 98 & 130 | Poole – Creekmoor via Wimborne Road | - Services withdrawn. Replaced by: \n
- W&D Service 4 along Creekmoor Lane.
- W&D Service 8 along Northmead Drive. \n
- W&D Service 128 along Longmeadow Lane and Beechbank Avenue. \n
- The Service 4 will provide a requested link from Creekmoor to Broadstone.
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108 | Corfe Mullen – Bournemouth via Highfield Estate, Broadstone, Canford Heath | - Renumbered W&D Service 18 and rerouted to serve Milne Road, Waterloo after Council request following residents’ petition. \n
- Corfe Mullen - Broadstone section only served during peak periods and on Sundays. \n
- Reduced frequency in daytime from every 30 minutes to hourly. \n
- Evening service now operating on Friday and Saturday only.
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128 | Poole– Upton Country Park via Christopher Crescent & Creekmoor | - W&D Service 128 now rerouted via Sterte Road and Beechbank Avenue/Longmeadow Lane in Creekmoor in order to retain a bus service along these roads. \n
- No longer serves Wimborne Road and Northmead Drive.
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131 | Poole – Corfe Mullen via Broadstone | - Replacement W&D Service 4 to run every 15 minutes via Wimborne Road, Upton Road, Creekmoor Lane, York Road, Sopers Lane, Kitchener Crescent, Milne Road, Hilbourne Road to Broadstone Broadway. \n
- Buses extend every half hour to Corfe Mullen via Higher Blandford Road, Springdale Road, Springdale Avenue, Lancaster Drive, Highfield Road, Springdale Road and Wareham Road. \n
- Replacement W&D Service 19 to run on a circular service from Broadstone Broadway via Clarendon Road, Roman Road, Pinesprings Drive, West Way and Clarendon Road back to the Broadway. From here there are connections to Poole on trhe 4 and Bournemouth on the 18.
- The W&D Service 4 will not serve Fleetsbridge Tesco. Roadliner Service 32 will provide a link from Gravel Hill and Waterloo Road.
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132 & 133 | Poole - Wimborne - Bournemouth via Broadstone, Corfe Mullen/Merley | - Replacement W&D Service 3 to run every 15 minutes from Poole via Holes Bay Road, Broadstone Way, Dunyeats Road, Gravel Hill, Queen Anne Drive, Rempstone Road, Merley Lane, Oakley Straight, Oakley Lane, and Oakley Hill to Wimborne and Leigh Park.
- Frequency of service doubled whilst direct Poole - Wimborne journey time reduced from 40 to 28 minutes. \n
- Revision leaves Oakdale, Waterloo, Broadstone Broadway, Corfe Mullen without direct service to Wimborne. \n
- Eastern areas of Merley (Merley Lane, Merley Gardens and Sopwith Crescent) are no longer served. Roadliner Service 32 will provide a replacement on these roads via Waterloo Road, Fleetsbridge Tesco, Poole Hospital to Poole Bus Station. \n
- W&D Service 3 does not serve Broadstone Broadway- customers must board in Dunyeats Road.
- In order to improve reliability buses will no longer continue on from Wimborne to Ferndown and Bournemouth. A replacement W&D Service 13 will be run and through passengers are advised to change in Wimborne Square. Some peak hour journeys on the W&D Service 13 are extended to serve Merley.
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142 & 143 | Poole-Swanage via Wareham | - W&D Service 142 and W&D Service 143 unchanged.
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150 | Swanage-Bournemouth | - W&D Service 150 additional buses for Summer from 27th May.
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Contact
Nick Phillips - transportation@poole.gov.uk