4th February 2015

Dear parents and carers,

Changes to bus timetables affecting routes 541, 543, 544 and 545 from 23rd February 2015

New Enterprise and Arriva have recently made an assessment of the number of students travelling on the bus routes to Hugh Christie. As a result, the viability of one of our existing bus routes has been called into question because of the changing home locations of our students. This exercise has affected many schools and services have been discontinued as a result.

We appreciate that many of our students depend on our bus services and it would cause significant difficulty if any of the services were discontinued.

Therefore, New Enterprise have been able to redesign the routes to maintain virtually all of our current stops with services that would all be viable going into the future.

The timetables for the new services are attached to this letter and they will start from Monday 23rd February (after half term). It is possible that your child may be catching a different numbered bus at a different time. Therefore, please check these timetables carefully and make sure your child is aware of any changes. The three buses operating will be numbered; 541, 544 and 545.

If you have any questions, please contact Kelly Midwinter who will be happy to answer them.

Yours sincerely

Jon Barker

Jon Barker

Executive Principal

New Enterprise bus service for Hugh Christie Technology College

Route 541

0720 CHAPMAN WAY EAST MALLING

0725 LARKFIELD FIRE STATION

0727 NEW HYTHE LANE BELLINGHAM ROAD

0730 LUNSFORD LANE M20 BRIDGE

0735 LUNSFORD LANE KENT MART

0740 OXLEY SHAW OLD RECTORY

0745 WEST MALLING HIGH STREET

0750 KINGS ASDA

0752 KINGSHILL BOULEVARD AVENUE

0755 KINGSHILL DISCOVERY DRIVE

0757 KINGSHILL GIBSON DRIVE

0800 AIRFIELD ESTATE

0805 MEREWORTH CROSSROADS

0820 HUGH CHRISTIE

New Enterprise bus service for Hugh Christie Technology College

Route 544

0720 WROTHAM ROYAL OAK

0723 WROTHAM SQUARE

0725 BOROUGH GREEN RAIL STATION

0728 SEAL CHART CROSSROADS

0731 SEAL HIGH STREET

0733 SEAL CEMETARY

0735 BAT & BALL

0738 RIVERHEAD HARVESTER

0743 SEVENOAKS STATION

0748 SEVENOAKS SCHOOL

0750 WEALD ROAD/GARTH ROAD

0753 WEALD VILLAGE

0805 HILDENBOROUGH CHURCH

0807 HILDENBOROUGH BP

0810 HUGH CHRISTIE SCHOOL

New Enterprise bus service for Hugh Christie Technology College

Route 545

0715 BADGERS MOUNT POST OFFICE

0718 POLE HILL ARMS

0723 ROSE & CROWN DUNTON GREEN

0725 DUNTON GREEN SCHOOL

0727 MINERS ARMS

0735 TWITTON MEADOW OTFORD

0740 OTFORD POND

0750 CHILDSBRIDGE LANE KEMSING

0755 SEAL CHART CROSSROADS

0757 IGHTHAM SPRING LANE

0800 IGHTHAM JUNC ISMAYS ROAD

0815 HUGH CHRISTIE