BEST EVER GOWER SUNDAY BUS SERVICE

Starting 17th July, Gower gains a ground-breaking Sunday bus service creating more weekend travel opportunities for residents and visitors than ever before!

Gower Sunday Explorer will run every Sunday until 2nd October and will be back for an extended spring/summer/early autumn season in 2012 and 2013

The BayTrans inspired project links most parts of Gower with each other at two-hourly intervals and enables easy journeys both within Gower and to and from Swansea. It will be particularly useful for a variety of walking itineraries.

Conceived two years ago as a bid for funding from the Swansea Rural Development Partnership, it has undergone a number of changes due to local circumstances whilst retaining its original aims to widen travel choices on days when traditionally, public transport provision has been poor.

Commenting on the initiative, Councillor John Hague, Cabinet member for Environment said ‘this will give a welcome boost to the economy of Gower by encouraging more day visitors and also give back residents their seven day link with Swansea and beyond.’

John Davies, Project Officer for sustainable transport partnership, BayTrans added ‘Sundays are the most popular days for active recreation in Gower and I am delighted this will be helping residents and visitors to travel around in a more environmentally friendly way’

The buses will be operated by First Cymru. General Manager Kevin Hart welcomed their introduction and said ‘First Cymru is committed to providing services of quality to meet the aspirations of both residents and visitors in Gower. These new weekend services complement the excellent weekday services already operated by First’

For more information, contact John Davies 07967 389329

Swansea Rural Development Partnership

This project has been developed by sustainable transport partnership BayTrans and is part funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and funding by the Welsh Assembly Government through the Rural Development Plan for Wales 2007-13; further funding comes from BayTrans and bus operator First Cymru. The Penclawdd area bus service is separately funded through BayTrans and is not part of the RDP project.

New Bus Services

There are three interlinking bus routes each at two hourly frequencies:
• Rhossili, Port Eynon and Oxwich with Pennard, Bishopston and Swansea
• Llanrhidian, Llanmadoc and Llangennith with Scurlage (for Swansea
connection) and Rhossili
• Llanrhidian, Penclawdd and Gowerton with Swansea

BayTrans

BayTrans is a Partnership dedicated to supporting greater use of public transport and is financially supported by City & County of Swansea, Neath Port Talbot Council, Countryside Council for Wales and First Cymru. Its principal objectives are to encourage greater use of public transport associated with healthy outdoor activities; aimed at residents and visitors, it concentrates its activities primarily in the rural and tourist areas of Swansea Bay.

For more information, contact John Davies 07967 389329

Source: John Davies, Baytrans, 27th June 2011