Integration

Sunday 28th September 2014 saw improvements made by Arriva to their Guildford - Cranleigh - Horsham corridor services.

 

Previously, the three buses an hour had run as follows:

1x 53: Guildford - Cranleigh - Park Mead - Ewhurst.

1x 53: Guildford - Cranleigh - Park Mead short.

1x 63: Guildford - Cranleigh - Slinfold - Horsham.

 

This is revised from 28th September as:

1x 53: Guildford - Cranleigh - Park Mead - Ewhurst.

1x 63: Guildford - Cranleigh - Park Mead (double run) - Slinfold - Horsham

1x 63X: Guildford - Cranleigh - Horsham, not via Slinfold.

 

This increases the service level to Horsham to two buses per hour. In addition, journeys to/from Horsham now run later in the day.

 

Following Arriva selling their Horsham operations to Metrobus in October 2009, the 63 had extended from Horsham town centre to Horsham Hospital (previously, it ran across town to Oakhill, but this was dropped and given to Metrobus, them running a separate service 65).

 

As a result of the 28th September 2014 changes, the 63 was withdrawn between Horsham town centre and Horsham Hospital.

 

Bus stop provision at Horsham rail station is actually quite good, especially southbound, where buses have their own bit of road away from the main road itself. Here's Arriva Kent & Surrey 3930 (GK51 SZJ) seen with a 63 to Guildford, in the company of a Southern class 377.

 

North Street, Horsham, West Sussex.

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