Bus services
Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire County Councils stepped in to save two Gamlingay bus services from being discontinued. From 18 February 2007, services 178 and 188 were replaced by service E1 between Gamlingay and Biggleswade and E3 between Gamlingay and Sandy, with connections on to Bedford.
Chiltern Travel operates both services, which run six times per day between 7am and 6pm, Monday to Saturday, except on bank holidays. Click here for the E1 and E3 timetables and for Bedfordshire County Council's booklet detailing all the bus services in the county.
As from 8 April 2007, there's a daily (except Sundays and public holidays) service from Gamlingay to St Neots Market Square, with stops at Waresley, Abbotsley, Eynesbury and Tesco's at St Neots.
Buses leave Gamlingay Mill Street at 7.37 am, 9.17 am, 11.37 am, 1.37 pm and 3.57 pm.
Journey times are just over 30 minutes.
Buses return from St Neots Market Square at 10.42 am, 12.42 pm, 2.42 pm, 4.52 pm and 5.52 pm. It is Stagecoach bus no 28 – click here for a full timetable.
Don't forget! The market day bus service every Thursday from Hatley to St Neots. See below about using it to get to Cambridge.
- Every Thursday.
- Service number C2.
- Adult fare £2.60 return.
- Children/youngsters (5 to 16) £2.00 return.
- Children under five free.
Tickets, to be bought before travelling, from Hatley Post Office.
- Hatley Newlands Cottages — 9:30 am
- Hatley St. George Post Office — 9:32 am
- East Hatley Telephone box — 9:35 am
- St Neots Market Place — 10.25 am
- St Neots Market Place — 1.15 pm
- Hatley — 2.00 pm
Use this bus to go to Cambridge! Get off at Caxton Gibbet, cross to the north eastern side of the island and catch the Stagecoach X5 Oxford-Cambridge (via St Neots) service – it runs every 30 minutes.
From Drummer Street, Cambridge, the X5 will take you back to St Neots for the C2 to Hatley – the 12.30 from Drummer Street arrives at St Neots at 1.10 pm (or, if it's a nice day, get off at Caxton Gibbet and wait on the A1198 for the C2). Click here for full details.
Concessionary bus travel for older and disabled people
From 1st October 2006, concessionary pass holders have been able to travel free on local bus services after 9.30am Monday to Friday and all day at weekends and public holidays to any destination within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
This also includes all Cambridge Park and Ride services – and pass holders are also able to travel free to certain destinations outside the county – including Biggleswade and Royston.
Those with a pass because they are registered blind or partially sighted are able to travel free at any time anywhere within the scheme boundary.
From April 2008 this will become a national scheme – for which you will need a new bus pass (even if you already have a Cambridgeshire one). The application form can be obtained from SCDC via the link below – note that you will also need to supply a passport-sized photograph. They urge you to apply now and not at the last minute in order to spread the workload and thus keep costs down.
Bus passes are available to the following groups:
- Pensioners (men and women aged 60 or over).
- People who qualify for the higher rate mobility component of Disability Living Allowance or the War Pensioners Mobility Supplement.
- Those registered deaf.
- Those who are without speech.
- Those who are prevented from obtaining a driving licence on medical grounds.
- Those registered blind or partially sighted.
- Those who have a learning disability which includes significant impairment of intelligence and social functioning.
- Those who have long term loss of use of both arms.
Medical evidence is required for all categories, except the first two.
For full details about the concessionary fares scheme (including the one starting in April 2008), the areas it applies to and how to obtain a pass, please go to the South Cambridgeshire District Council website.
If you just want the form, there's a PDF file that you can download. The new passes can only be obtained from SCDC and not a local post office. |
