Local authority bus subsidy ring-fenced (revenue) grant

In 2021/22, BCP Council was awarded a grant of £294,368 by the Department for Transport. The grant was devolved Bus Service Operators Grant and was ring-fenced to provide financial support for non-commercial subsidised local bus services, community transport services and the provision of infrastructure supporting such services.

£271,342 was spent supporting local bus services operating in the evenings, weekends, off-peak and to schools. £23,026 was spent supporting Community Transport Services. Further information about this grant can be found on the GOV.UK website.

We support a number of "socially necessary" bus routes to ensure residents have access to a service.

These subsidised services include:

• RouteOne - linking Poole town centre and the hospital with the Old Town and the Quay
• Route 7A – Alderney East- Upper Parkstone
• Route 7B – Bloxworth Estate - Alder Hills Sainsburys - Upper Parkstone
• Route 7C – Tower Park- Sea View- Upper Parkstone
• Route 18 - Bournemouth - Broadstone via Westbourne, Upper Parkstone, Canford Heath, Waterloo Estate
• Route 20 - Poole - Penn Hill, Bournemouth, Charminster, Castlepoint
• Route 32 - Poole Bus Station - Poole Hospital - Kingsbere Road - Christopher Crescent - Fleetsbridge Tesco - Steepleton Road - Broadstone - Merley (Sopwith Crescent) - Canford Village - Kinson - Winton - Bournemouth Station - Bournemouth Square
• Route 33 - Bournemouth - Christchurch via Bournemouth, Boscombe, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Southbourne
• Route 36 - Talbot View - Kinson via Bourne Valley, Glenferness Avenue, Bournemouth University and Wallisdown.