Evening buses to Lewes, Ringmer & Uckfield saved as Brighton & Hove step

Evening buses to Lewes, Ringmer & Uckfield saved as Brighton & Hove step in to preserve services and help East Sussex County Council find vital savings

Local bus operator Brighton & Hove Bus & Coach Company, are pleased to be able to reassure bus users throughout Lewes, Ringmer and Uckfield and the surrounding rural areas who are concerned about changes the County Council are proposing to make to some supported evening journeys on the much valued service 28 & 29 which provides links to Brighton and Tunbridge Wells.

With the level of spending constraints faced by all local councils, Brighton & Hove Bus & Coach Company is always looking at ways to develop its popular commercial network of bus services throughout not only the city but also in East and West Sussex.

Brighton & Hove’s Commercial Director, Mike Best commented “This positive approach means that with a small number of timetable adjustments to the spacing of evening services on the 28 & 29, we can preserve a good service not only on Mondays to Saturdays but also on Sundays. We are therefore in a position to confirm that from March 2015, we will continue to run evening services currently funded by East Sussex County Council on a commercial basis”.

East Sussex County Council is currently reviewing the responses it has received to its bus strategy consultation. This feedback, together with other information, will be taken into account and in December the council’s cabinet will be asked to consider recommendations for the reformulated supported bus network. If cabinet approves the recommendations, changes to services would be made from March 2015.