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Dorchester Transport Action Group April zoom meeting gave a warm welcome to Joe Doak from Dorchester Civic Society. Joe, a veteran urban planner and university lecturer—had come to share his insights on how towns like Dorchester can move toward a more sustainable transport future. Joe opened with a simple but powerful idea: sustainability works best […]

Route 1 – New timetable to improve punctuality. Buses will continue to operate up to every 15 minutes Monday to Saturday daytimes and every 20 minutes on Sundays. Route 10 – New timetable to improve punctuality. Buses will continue to operate up to every 15 minutes Monday to Friday, every 20 minutes on Saturdays and every 30 […]

The Guardian reports (7 Jan) that people living in deprived areas of England have suffered disproportionately larger cuts to bus services, according research by a leading thinktank. The analysis by IPPR North found that cuts to services in England had been felt the most in “left-behind neighbourhoods”. People living in the top 10% most deprived […]

Buses remain the most used form of public transport, but in many areas of England, services and passenger numbers are in decline.  In its first inquiry of the 2024 Parliament, the Transport Committee will investigate the importance of England’s buses services in connecting rural communities with neighbouring towns and suburban areas, and how services can […]

First Bus’s timetable from December shows that there is no X51 service from Dorchester through Bridport and Lyme to Axminster on Sundays from 1st December. Those in Dorchester wishing to travel these destinations car free on Sundays will need to catch the No. 10 bus to Weymouth and then the X53, which rejoins the route […]

Dorchester Transport Action Group welcomed new Dorchester Town Council councillor Poppy Farmer to their recent meeting. ‘The major problem is the cost and accessibility of travel.  It’s just so expensive in rural areas.  Young people don’t have expendable extra expenses.  For a lot of them their income, if they are doing apprenticeships or work, just […]

Intense lobbying by Dorchester Transport Action Group has finally achieved a trial bus service for local residents in the Winterbourne Valley. Les Scarth, a local Martinstown Resident and member of Dorchester Transport Action Group, spearheaded the campaign.  He explains, “First Bus has agreed to a trial diversion of their X51 bus service from Weymouth to […]