Thursday 29th May 2025 I’m pleased to report my follow up visit to Kemble to try out the recently extended Wiltshire Connect DRT operation went without a hitch last Friday as well as throwing up a few surprises. After the abortive attempt over a week ago, this time I forewent the offer of a pick... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 20th May 2025 I’ve been back on the DRT trail again, trying out the recently introduced geographic expansion of the Wiltshire Connect branded scheme to cover more of the county. I’ve previously praised Wiltshire Connect in a number of blogposts for showing how to do DRT properly. Until now their schemes have been built... Continue Reading →
Thursday 19th December 2024 The final bus route numbered 100 to feature in this blog series is the newest, the least frequent and the least used of all the 26. The route between Devizes and Marlborough only began in October 2023 and was initially part of Wiltshire Council’s semi-flex DRT initiative. It's operated by Go... Continue Reading →
Thursday 16th November 2023 When I wrote about Wiltshire Council's launch of Wiltshire Connect three months ago I mentioned the Council would be expanding the geographic area covered by its semi-flex DRT scheme in two more phases; in September and at the end of October. Sure enough the full operation is now up and running... Continue Reading →
Sunday 13th August 2023 As explained in last Sunday's blog about route 99 in West Sussex, the other stalwart of semi-flexible rural bus routes to succumb to a technology upgrade and expansion, including a fully flexible additional bus, is long standing route 101 between Pewsey and Devizes in Wiltshire. This was the original ‘Wiltshire Wigglybus’... Continue Reading →
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