Windsor & Maidenhead bus routes to temporarily change

These interim changes, which include new timings and routes, will affect Thames Valley Buses, White Bus, and Bear Buses from Sunday, October 30.

The council said these changes are temporary while it works with operators and communities to establish a longer-term solution for the bus network from next April that reflects changing traveller habits.

Bus companies are facing financial hardships post-Covid as passenger numbers remain low compared to pre-pandemic levels and have been suffering from extra fuel and cost pressures.

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To keep the subsidised routes going, for the time being, the council has invested extra money this financial year, with a few adjustments.

These are the bus routes affected by the temporary changes.

Thames Valley Buses.

2: It will be rerouted between Slough and Windsor to serve Datchet and will remain hourly throughout the day – but times will change. It will also be rerouted to serve Wolf Lane and Foster Avenue on journeys towards Dedworth. Journey times between Windsor and Slough will be slightly longer.

3: A new hourly timetable is being introduced and will provide a direct service to the hospital, which will be lost as a result of the changes to services 8 and 16.

7: A new half-hourly timetable is being introduced. After leaving Sawyers Crescent, all journeys to Maidenhead will run via Bissley Drive and Lowbrook Drive. It will have a number of morning and afternoon services.

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8: This has been amended to operate between Maidenhead town centre and Boulters Lock on an hourly frequency but with new times.

9: A new hourly timetable is being introduced and the route will change to that used currently on a Sunday.

15: The service between Eton Wick and Maidenhead will be withdrawn where passenger numbers are very low and will run hourly between Slough and Eton Wick.

16/16A: The service will run as the 16 with parts of the route being withdrawn in order to make the service between Maidenhead and Windsor more direct and quicker. It will no longer serve Holyport, Wolf Lane, Foster Avenue, Linden Avenue, and St Mark’s Hospital.

234, 235, 238 & 239: There will be minor timetable changes on these services to improve punctuality and reliability.

White Bus

01: The level of service will remain the same with some morning journeys changing, including the 7:25am departing from Ascot diverted via Windsor Great Park and Old Windsor to Windsor schools.

P1: There will be fewer services throughout the day. It will start at 8am and will last until 5:40pm. There will be seven services to Datchet.

W1: There will still be five journeys on each weekday but will be spread throughout the day, meaning more afternoon services. It will run between 9:52am and 6:28pm. Both P1 and W1 will start and terminate at Windsor Parish Church instead of Barclays Bank.

Bear Buses

305: Some services will be extended to Datchet providing residents with a new destination, as well as offering Datchet locals the opportunity to travel eastbound. It will now serve Datchet towards Poyle at 9:32am, 12:23pm and 2:03pm, and towards Staines at 10:11am, 12:51pm and 2:31pm. Some services will take longer to reach their destination. From Staines towards Poyle, buses at stops from Colnbrook onwards will be eight minutes later than previously (on the 7:30am, 9:10am and midday services). From Poyle to Staines, buses at stops from Horton Village onwards will be nine minutes later than previously (on the 10am, 12:40pm and 2:20pm services).