Salisbury Reds has announced its new routes and schedules

Salisbury Reds is introducing significant changes to its timetable and routes for services in Wiltshire, from Sunday (September 2). There will also be several alterations to school buses from Monday.

As well as timetable improvements, the operator has recently introduced more convenient methods of payment for its services, including contactless payment and a mobile ticketing app, where passengers can use their phones as tickets.

Changes are being made to many of the buses including the active8 to Andover, which will have better connections with Andover trains on Sunday evenings.

There will also be two new routes: the Red 12 to Stratford sub Castle and the Red 14 to Harnham Hill. These services, currently operated by Wheelers, will now be run by Salisbury Reds.

Nikki Honer, Salisbury Reds’ head of communications said, “We have listened to our customers to find out which tweaks and improvements they would like to see, and they have been very clear about their priorities here.”

More detail about the timetable information is available at salisburyreds.co.uk.

Summary of changes:

Red 1 - No change.

Red 2 – On Sundays, buses will now run once an hour to Bishopdown and certain early morning journeys will now also pick up at Hampton Park and Bishopdown Farm on Mondays to Saturdays.

Red 3 - Most Sunday journeys will now set down at Blue Boar Row and terminate at New Canal.

Red 4 - No change.

Red 5 - First three journeys on Saturdays are re-timed.

Red 6 - Completely revised timetable with the first journey on a weekday starting from Allington and additional journeys running on Monday to Friday and on Saturdays.

PR 7 - An hourly Sunday service between Hampton Park/Bishopdown Farm and the city numbered R7 will be introduced. On weekdays and Saturdays, earlier journeys on service R2 will also start from here and serve the London Rd park and ride site.

Red 8 - An additional journey will run from Quidhampton on weekdays and there are changes to timings on public holidays .

Red 10 - Extended to serve the new housing at St Peters Place where buses will pick up near the primary school. The timetable is completely revised with additional journeys and an hourly frequency on Sundays. There will also be a new bus stop for passengers travelling towards the city near the Fugglestone Red Roundabout.

PR11 - Introducing an hourly Sunday service, numbered the R11, between Old Sarum and the city. On weekdays and Saturdays, an earlier journey will start from the estate.

NEW ROUTE Red 12 to Stratford sub Castle – This service, which is currently operated by Wheelers, will now be run by Salisbury Reds to a revised timetable on weekdays and Saturdays.

NEW ROUTE Red 14 to Harnham Hill - This service, which is currently operated by Wheelers, will now be run by Salisbury Reds to a revised timetable on weekdays and Saturdays.

X4 - Minor changes to early morning journeys on weekdays and Saturdays, and the 2.15pm from Salisbury on school days will divert via Avon Valley College grounds. Evening journeys that used to divert along The Portway to Old Sarum will now be re-timed and re-routed to follow the PR11 route around Old Sarum estate.

X5 – At the request of passengers, the 6.30pm journey from Swindon will now divert via Great Western Hospital, Chiseldon and Ogbourne St.George village and is re-timed accordingly.

X7/X7R - The 4.45pm journey from Salisbury to Southampton will run all year round (calling at Paultons Park between certain dates). The 5.35pm bus from Southampton on weekdays will be re-timed to depart at 5.15pm and will run 20 minutes earlier throughout. The 7.10pm bus from Whiteparish to Salisbury will now run 11 minutes earlier and will also start from Southampton at 6.10pm.

active8 – Timetable revised on Sunday evenings to provide better connections with trains at Andover. Minor changes to weekdays and Saturdays to improve reliability, with some journeys running earlier.

Rural services:

Service 2 - First morning and last evening journeys will now also call at bus stops along London Road in Devizes. The bus from Great Cheverell on Tuesdays will no-longer run and the Saturday afternoon timetable has fewer journeys.

Service 25 - On Tuesdays the 9.08am bus from Gillingham will now start at Wincanton instead and run through to Salisbury, returning at 1.40pm. These journeys will be operated by a double deck bus and will replace Tourist Coaches service 28. On Tuesdays, alink from Gillingham to Salisbury will be provided by service 26 instead.

Service 26/27 - revised 26 timetable on weekdays replacing Tourist Coaches route 84 (Saturday timings are unchanged). In the afternoon, service 27 will also call at Tisbury, replacing the need for Tisbury passengers to change buses en-route.

NEW ROUTES service 29 – This service which is currently operated by Wheelers will now be operated by Salisbury Reds, but with minor changes to the timetable. The first journey to Salisbury will leave five minutes earlier from all stops between Berwick St John and Bowerchalke on school days, but with times between Broad Chalke and Salisbury unchanged. An extra afternoon journey numbered 29A will also run from Salisbury on Schooldays at 4pm to Nunton, Odstock, Coombe Bissett, Bishopstone and Broadchalke.

Service 37 – Timetable revised with some journeys diverted along Tollgate Road in Salisbury instead of Brown Street and Exeter Street.

School services:

All departures from Laverstock Schools at 3.10pm will now be at 3.05pm.

615 - Service withdrawn, pupils will use service X4 instead

625 - New double decked school route between Mere and Gillingham School

638 - New morning only school route to Laverstock from West Dean, Grimstead, Farley and Pitton

650 - 4.10pm journey replaced by additional journey on R14

651 - Journey extended to serve Amesbury and Old Sarum on request

663 - 8.40am from the City Centre withdrawn and passengers should catch Service 66 leaving Endless Street at 8.30am

667 - Morning journey introduced and service re-numbered 603

668 - To be provided by another operator

675 - Previously 674. Route extended to/from Sling & Bulford and revised ticketing arrangements apply: Special pre-bought season tickets, singles and returns only and network tickets not valid