Hail & Ride Bus Stops

Published: 30 May 2025

The Parish Council have been approached by residents regarding concerns while waiting for the Hornsby's bus at Westwoodside Pond. The Council have followed this up with Hornsby's and received the following response from the local authority.

“The bus services are hail and ride and as such the residents can stand further down the road on hard ground and the bus will stop if the driver believes it is safe to do so.

The pond stop only has a physical stop opposite the pond itself (this stop serves both sides of the road as the other side is unmarked) we would advise people wait on that side of the road (even for buses going the opposite way) and flag the bus down when it arrives to then walk around the bus to get on if it is safe to do so. We would advise that if a kerb is needed to access the bus that residents hail the bus from either the southern section of road on Commonside before Park Close or use the Park Lane stops.

We cannot support putting a formal stop in on Commonside before Park Close or between Park Close and Weir Road as both sites are too close the junctions and the corner of Commonside and increases the risk of a road traffic collision due to the corner being a blind bend.

However as stated the buses are hail and ride and residents can use this to allow the driver to make a judgement on where is safe for them to stop based on the road, weather and traffic conditions. If they deem it safe to stop they can make the decision to or stop further down the road where safe and wait for the passenger to board”.