West Sussex County Council has announced which bus subsidies are to be reduced during the final phase of a three year programme to reduce non-commercial routes.

Most bus routes in West Sussex are operated on a commercial basis, but some routes are subsidised by the County Council to help them run. The savings are needed because they need to reduce council spending by £79 million overall.

The first and second phases of bus subsidy reductions have already been announced, following an ‘impact assessment’ last year when feedback from members of the public and other organisations was gathered and taken into account.

The recent Bus User Survey relates to the third and final phase of subsidy reductions. The survey, which closed on 17 January 2012, gathered almost 8,250 responses from passengers and local organisations about how they use the routes.

Below is a list of bus routes within the North Horsham Parish, or to see the complete list from West Sussex County Council visit their webpage by clicking here.

Routes 23, 24 (Metrobus) Crawley – Horsham
WSCC funding will be removed from both services.  Route 23 will continue to run as a commercial service, and route 24 will cease as of 1 September 2012.  Alternative journeys will be available on route 23, and from Colgate on Compass Travel route 52.
View the revised timetable here.

Route 61 (Metrobus) Horsham – North Heath (circular)
No changes to the current service.

Route 98 (Metrobus) Roffey – Southwater
WSCC funding withdrawn from supported evening services.  Metrobus will continue to operate the current timetable on a commercial basis.

Route 200 (Metrobus) Horsham – Gatwick Airport
Reduced late evening service from 1 September due to reduction of WSCC funding.  Minor timing changes at other times to improve reliability.
View the revised timetable here.

Routes 652, 662, 674, 682 (Compass) Horsham School Services
Revised timetables.
662 morning journey to be withdrawn and replaced by a diverted Service 89 journey (will not serve Merryfield Drive or Redford Avenue).
674 afternoon journey at 16:22 from Millais School will now be operated by Sussex Coaches, extended to start at 16:15 from Collyers College and continuing to Rusper, arriving 17:07.
Service 682 at 17:00 from Tanbridge House School to be withdrawn.
These changes will take effect from 3 September 2012.
View the revised timetables here.