Road closures - shuttle buses

Dear Blogger,

These two emails came in at exactly the same time this morning so I have included Trevor`s experience as well as Lydia`s Ruyton News

From Trevor

Baschurch 'shuttle' appears to be working OK at present. Passengers transferring between buses at the Admiral Duncan have to wait for the drivers to change buses and 'log in' before being allowed to board. Passengers from Ruyton to Oswestry may find that the bus is a few minutes later than timetabled due to this changeover in Baschurch. I will continue to monitor how things go each day.

    To note additionally is that there are now traffic lights at the junction of Ruyton Road and Church Road in Baschurch as the turn into/out of Church Road is only single lane, due to the Heras fencing protecting the work site, and queues mat build up here at busy times. The route through Baschurch really is NOT suitable for anything other than cars and small vans, even yesterday a car with a caravan in tow caused problems at the narrow points on Church Road. Enough for the present.

From Lydia, Parish Council

RUYTON XI TOWNS PARISH COUNCIL NEWSLETTER UPDATE

Weekday shuttle bus timetable now available Many of you will be aware that the Baschurch roadworks that were originally scheduled to start last week were delayed until 8th August due to level crossing works further down the road needing to go on longer than planned. The road will now be closed from Aug 8th to Aug 20th inclusive. The bus operator Tanat Valley has put together a temporary shuttle service during this closure, which will allow passengers travelling between Oswestry and Shrewsbury to connect at the Admiral Duncan in Baschurch. The weekday timetable for this 576 shuttle can be found below: 576 temp shuttle timetable (weekdays only) during Baschurch road closures We are waiting for confirmation of the Saturday bus timetable and will share that when it becomes available. A considerable amount of Parish Council time and effort has gone on in the background to ensure a continuation of the bus service during the Baschurch road closures, and Ruyton Councillors have spent a lot of time riding the bus back and forth today to make sure that the timetable works correctly and that connections in Baschurch can be made in good time. However, please note that the 576 bus service is ultimately the responsibility of Shropshire Council (not the Parish Council), so if you have any queries about this temporary shuttle or timetable, please contact the Shropshire Council bus department on the contact details below: Call: 0345 678 9006 Email: buses@shropshire.gov.uk