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Christmas 2023 and New Year 2024 services

The following services will operate in Wichelstowe and East Wichel over the Christmas and New Year period. The Stowe Church Christmas Treat Station Friday 22nd December from 5 pm to 6.30 pm on the ‘piazza’ on Trevello Road. With hot chocolate, carols and festive fun in East Wichel. It’s like the Halloween Treat Station, but at Christmas

Bus timetable changes as town centre road closes

There will be changes to bus services that serve Wichelstowe from Monday 14th August. These changes are because Corporation Street in Swindon town centre will be closed until the end of the year, meaning that all buses from Wichelstowe will have to be diverted from the Whalebridge crossing via Fleming Way, the Magic Roundabout, County

Christmas 2022 and New Year 2023 services

The following services will operate in East Wichel over the Christmas and New Year period. The Stowe Church Christmas Encounter Sunday 18th December from 11 am to 12.30 pm at The StoweAway. With a community ‘nativity’ brunch and chance to meet Jesus in the stable. Carols and Christmas Quiz Wednesday 21st December from 7.45 pm at The Wichel

Stagecoach reduce Wichelstowe bus service

Both Swindon’s Bus Company and Stagecoach West are making changes to their buses services through Wichelstowe from Sunday 4 September. The changes by Swindon’s Bus Company on service 11 are mainly because Fleming Way in Swindon town centre is closing major roadworks, with temporary bus stops added elsewhere in the town centre. In addition to

Christmas 2021 and New Year 2022 services

The following services will operate in East Wichel over the Christmas and New Year period. The Stowe Church Wichelstowe Community Carol Singing Sunday 19th December from 4.30 pm in the East Wichel square, then from 6 pm on the footbridge in Canalside. Carols by Candlelight Christmas Eve, Friday 24th December, 4.30 pm to 5.30 pm at The StoweAway. A

Christmas 2020 and New Year 2021 services

The following services will operate in East Wichel over the Christmas and New Year period. Waste and recycling collections There’s very little change to waste and recycling collections in East Wichel this Christmas, with most collections happening on their usual scheduled days. The only changes are Garden waste There will be no garden waste collection

Christmas and New Year services

The following services will be available in East Wichel over the Christmas and New Year period. The Stowe Church Carols by Candlelight Christmas Eve, Tuesday 24th December, 4.30pm to 5.30pm at The StoweAway. A traditional and peaceful start to Christmas. Waste and recycling collections Monday 23rd December and Christmas Eve, Tuesday 24th December The waste

Christmas and New Year services

The following services will operate in East Wichel over the Christmas and New Year period. The Stowe Church Carols at the Bayberry Wednesday 19th December from 7pm, followed by Christmas pub quiz, and a raffle raising funds for R2K. This event is understood to be fully booked. Carols by Candlelight Christmas Eve, Monday 24th December,

Christmas and New Year municipal and transport services

Swindon Borough Council and local bus companies have the following changes to their services in East Wichel over Christmas and the New Year. The waste and recycling collection that would otherwise be on Christmas Day (mainly for those living to the north of East Wichel Way) will be done at some time between Wednesday 27

Stagecoach announce extra Sunday bus services

In a move clearly intended to increase competition with newly privatised Thamesdown Transport, Stagecoach West has announced extra bus services in Swindon from 1st April. Stagecoach’s new services include an hourly service on service 9 on Sundays from Swindon town centre to Wroughton via Wichelstowe. Thamesdown Transport already run buses every half hour on Sundays on their

Stagecoach to divert Wroughton bus service through Wichelstowe

Bus company Stagecoach have announced that, from 6th November, they will be diverting their bus service 9 through Wichelstowe. The bus service presently runs direct between Old Town and Wroughton along Croft Road via North Wroughton. From early November it will instead run through East Wichel to Waitrose, then along Mill Lane and Wharf Road

Christmas and New Year bus services

Over the Christmas and New Year period Thamesdown Transport will be running the following bus services on route 15 to East Wichel: Wednesday 24th December – normal weekday service but with the last bus from Fleming Way to Wichelstowe at 8.05 pm and the last bus from Waitrose to Fleming Way at 7.56 pm; Thursday 25th December

Withdrawal of Stagecoach service 73

Stagecoach have announced that their bus service 73 is to be withdrawn. The service will run for the last time on Saturday 1 September. The service was introduced with the intention of providing a bus link between East Wichel and Wroughton. In practice it has been mainly used by East Wichel passengers as a more

Bus service changes from 30 April

Stagecoach are making changes to bus service 73 from 30 April. The service will now be part of the service 72 schedule, rather than a standalone service. In addition the bus will be extended and diverted in the town centre. Buses from East Wichel will call at Fleming Way stop C, the rail station, and

Usage monitoring on bus service 73

Today the driver on Stagecoach service 73 was keeping a tally of passengers and where they were travelling to and from. It seems the review of this ‘experimental’ service is under way.