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Bus service from Cheltenham to GWR175!

article by: Ian Crowder
posted on: 23 May 2010
updated on: 26 May 2010

We're delighted to confirm that there will be a bus service from Cheltenham Network Rail station to Toddington during GWR175. An hourly service will run on Saturday, Sunday and Monday 29^th, 30^th and 31^st May and on Saturday and Sunday 5^th and 6^th June. A less frequent service will run during the week.

Full timetables for the services are shown below or download a PDF version here:

Cheltenham - Toddington Saturday 29th - Monday 31st May & Saturday 5th - Sunday 6th June


	SuX
Cheltenham railway station (dep)	08:30	09:40	10:30	11:30	12:30	13:30	14:30	15:30	16:30
Cheltenham Royal Well (dep)	08:35	09:45	10:35	11:35	12:35	13:35	14:35	15:35	16:35
Cheltenham Racecourse P&R (dep)	08:45	10:12	10:45	11:45	12:45	13:45	14:45	15:45	16:45
Toddington New Town (arr)	09:15	10:25	11:15	12:15	13:15	14:15	15:15	16:15	17:15

SuX - Does not run on Sunday 30th May and Sunday 6th June
Buses stop to ony pick passengers up at Cheltenham Royal Well and Racecourse Park and Ride
Buses will stop on the B4077 at Toddington New Town. The station is approximentally 5 minutes walk from the bus stop

Toddington - Cheltenham Saturday 29th - Monday 31st May & Saturday 5th - Sunday 6th June


Toddington New Town (dep)	11:20	12:20	13:20	14:20	15:20	16:20	17:20
Cheltenham Racecourse P&R (arr)	11:50	12:50	13:50	14:50	15:50	16:50	17:50
Cheltenham Pitville street (arr)	12:00	13:00	14:00	15:00	16:00	17:00	18:00
Cheltenham rail station (arr)	12:05	13:05	14:05	15:05	16:05	17:05	18:05

Buses will depart from the bus stop on the B4077 at Toddington New Town, approximentally 5 minutes walk from the station
Buses will stop to set down only at Racecourse P&R and Cheltenham Pitville Street and may leave these stops early

Cheltenham - Toddington Tuesday 1st - Friday 4th June

Cheltenham railway station (dep)	08:30	10:30	12:30	14:30	16:30
Cheltenham Royal Well (dep)	08:35	10:35	12:35	14:35	16:35
Cheltenham Racecourse P&R (dep)	08:45	10:45	12:45	14:45	16:45
Toddington New Town (arr)	09:15	11:15	13:15	15:15	17:15

Buses stop to pick passengers only up at Cheltenham Royal Well and Racecourse Park and Ride
Buses will stop on the B4077 at Toddington New Town. The station is approximentally 5 minutes walk from the bus stop

Toddington - Cheltenham Tuesday 1st - Friday 4th June

Toddington Newtown (dep)	11:20	13:20	15:20	17:20
Cheltenham Racecourse P&R (arr)	11:50	13:50	15:50	17:50
Cheltenham Pitville street (arr)	12:00	14:00	16:00	18:00
Cheltenham rail station (arr)	12:05	14:05	16:05	18:05

Buses will depart from the bus stop on the B4077 at Toddington New Town, approximentally 5 minutes walk from the station
Buses will stop to set down only at Racecourse P&R and Cheltenham Pitville Street and may leave these stops early

We're grateful to Stagecoach for their support in providing the service.  We would be grateful for £2 per head to help meet the cost of running the service.

Buses have been designed to connect in and out of both north and southbound CrossCountry services. Connections can however not be guaranteed into and out of trains and the GWR reserves the right to alter suspend any service without prior notice.

8 comments for “Bus service for GWR175”

Lord Faulkner

Posted 25 May 2010 at 08:30:57

Do you think that Stagecoach could be persuaded to delay the departure of their buses from Cheltenham Spa railway station by just five minutes, to allow rail passengers on the 09:07 and 11:02 from Worcester to catch the services due out at 09:30 and 11:30 respectively?
Adrian

Posted 26 May 2010 at 01:07:02

Will the buses be held for late running trains?
Jack Jeffery

Posted 26 May 2010 at 14:15:35

Just found out about the track subsidence in "steam railway".Nothing on web-site or with ticket.The bus is a life saver as we will be camping @ the racecourse.
malcolm

Posted 26 May 2010 at 15:31:39

could the last bus from Toddington wait for train due there at 17.26?
GWSR Webmaster

Posted 26 May 2010 at 16:16:09

Trust me there is a lot about the slip at Gotherington on the website. It is mentioned on the homepage and in a number of new pieces on the latest news page - http://www.gwsr.com/news/latest-news.aspx
Graham

Posted 02 June 2010 at 12:33:29

Well done to yourselves and Stagecoach for setting this up. We've had our advance tickets for the event booked a while so were a bit nervous when we heard about the landslip. Thanks for taking the effort to consider the minority (sadly!) who will be arriving by 'the only way to travel'.
robert bond

Posted 02 June 2010 at 20:32:34

As someone who lobbied for the provision of this bus service, I am delighted to see it has been arranged. Thank You. Just one gripe however, although the bus service connects well with Cross Country services I am sure, it doesn't connect well with the Cheltenham to London service. I arrive at Cheltenham station at 10.22, the bus leaves at 10.30 so I do hope the train is on time. I am booked to return from Cheltenham Spa on the 17.00 train on Saturday 5th. The hourly bus is due to arrive outside the station at 17.05. Unless I can be reasonably certain that the bus will arrive at the station 10 minutes early (unlikely on a Saturday), I will have to leave the GWSR at Toddington as early as 15.20 to catch my train at 17.00.
cliff davis

Posted 03 June 2010 at 15:17:58

i have to agree with robert,great to have a bus service to and from toddington,but a pity that for a GWR event passengers travelling from stations on the great western line have to leave at 15.20.