Two shuttle bus services have been added to a temporary timetable after reports of residents being left stranded for up to 70 minutes in freezing December temperatures.
Brighton and Hove Buses said that from last night two extra services would run from 8pm, with one starting from opposite the White Horse pub in Rottingdean at 8.05pm.
Overnight resurfacing of Warren Road, in Woodingdean, began on Monday (4 December), with a road closure starting at 8pm.
But the first shuttle bus from Rottingdean was not due to leave until 9.10pm, leaving some residents stranded for 70 minutes.
The resurfacing work – expected to last until Wednesday 20 December – will mean that Warren Road will continue to be closed on weekday nights from 8pm until 6am, with 2 and 22 buses diverting along the A259.
Nick Hill, commercial director at Brighton and Hove Buses, said: “The resurfacing on Warren Road has indeed impacted local services in the area, and we have been working hard to make sure that there are as little knock-on effects as possible to routes 2 and 22.
“Initially, we funded an additional shuttle to make sure the community was not cut off, but following feedback from our passengers we have been able to improve the evening service with immediate effect to close the gap.”
The road remains open overnight at weekends and residents will be allowed access overnight to reach driveways and adjoining roads.
In addition, no work will take place next Thursday (14 December) when Brighton and Hove Albion host Marseille in a Europa League football game at the Amex Stadium in Falmer.
Woodingdean councillor Jacob Allen criticised how long it took for new services to be added to the shuttle bus timetable once residents had complained.
Councillor Allen said: “I have found the bus company to have been unresponsive when I’ve tried to get answers from them for residents this week.
“I hope that they can learn from this episode and make contingency plans for works like this which may impact other parts of the city in the future.”
The shuttle services are funded by Brighton and Hove Buses and a new timetable was due to be available on the bus company website from last night.
Friday night the 22 terminated at the top of bear rd. No sign of 2. Ended up getting a taxi home !!! Shocking service
THIS IS TYPICAL OF BRIGHTON AND HOVE BUSES IT IS VERY UNEFFICIENT AND BADLY RUN , ESPECIALLY THE 50 ” SERVICE ” AND THE 22 IT IS THE WORST BUS SERVICE IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE I NOTICE THE SPECIAL CHRISTMAS DAY SERVICE DOESN’T INCLUDE US PLEBES IN HOLLINGDEAN NOR THE WOODINGDEAN RESIDENTS
Britain is in the Northern Hemisphere…
That would explain HIM not catching the bus
please don’t ever use all caps. Not only is it like you are shouting it also makes it hard for a lot of people to read.
Still lovely rant.
At least there is some Christmas Day service here. It’s just about the only place in the country where any buses are running at all.
Try the operator in Eastbourne, then you’ll learn how lucky you are.
“Service” is what it’s not. GreatBritain… nothing works and no one cares and when it does work no one knows why. Do not expect things to improve in the next 100 years, this level of inbred incompetence has taken centuries to achieve, the only way is to kill off the top and let the rest flourish…. possibly.
Standard of posters English matches poor bus service
The 48 service is diabolical supposed to be every 20 minutes but they always take one off they said they were going to add more buses but they haven’t
Something doesn’t work and people complain
B&H buses do something about it to sort the problem and people still complain!
Are B&H buses perfect? no of course not but compared to many parts of the country we have it good here with sunday services, late night and early morning services and night buses.
Where my dad lives he has one bus an hour that runs one way on a circular route. Handy for him when he want’s to go to town but when he goes home he has to go almost the full route. And the service is only from 10am to 10pm|!