Number 10 bus cancelled
Slough/Windsor: Route which ran through Slough and Windsor withdrawn
Thames Valley Buses has said it had to stop the number 10 bus route through Slough and Windsor because funding from Heathrow has been withdrawn.
The service ran from
Slough Bus Station through to Heathrow Airport via Uxbridge Road, Datchet, Clewer, Dedworth, Poyle, Wraysbury and Sunnymeads.
It stopped running on Sunday last week.
On its website, Thames Valley Buses, formerly known as Courtney Buses said:
“We regret that from Sunday April 4, routes 10/10A/10S and 459 will be withdrawn.
“Financial support for these routes has mainly come from Heathrow Airport Ltd, and under the current economic conditions, they withdrew their funding for bus routes
into the airport from January.
“As a result, we are unable to sustain these routes any longer. Late evening Monday to Saturday journeys on route 2 (from Slough at
1935, 2110 and 2250) and all Sunday journeys will also be withdrawn from Saturday April 10.
“Whilst this is disappointing news for us all, we are hopeful that once the airport economy recovers sufficiently well, such services can be reinstated with their suppor t.”
Green line service provides an alternative route between Slough on routes 702 and 703.
Slough Borough Council will provide a school bus from Slough town centre to Churchmead School, Datchet, for the summer term from April 19.
For Windsor residents, parents or guardians whose children are entitled to council support for home to school transport which relies on the number 10 route should be contacted by Achieving for Children’s school transport team.
Royal Borough parents or guardians should have been informed of alternate school transport arrangements.
Email any questions to transpor t@achievingforchildren.org.uk