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The Biggleswade & District Bus Association is a non-profit making voluntary association run by parents for parents whose children attend Bedford Modern School, Bedford School Seniors & Prep, Dame Alice Harpur School, Bedford High, Rushmoor and St Andrews’s. The association currently operates three dedicated bus routes serviced by United Counties Stagecoach Buses. |
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There are three bus routes:
- 855 - Potton via Gamlingay & Sandy to Bedford
- 865 - Wrestlingworth via Biggleswade & Cople to Bedford
- 875 - Godmanchester via Kimbolton & Wyboston to Bedford
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The price also includes a number of other important benefits:
- The pass can be used on other Stagecoach buses to and from Bedford to bus stops close to the boarding points, especially useful for pupils attending after- school activities and during periods of exam leave
- The pass can also be used at half term holidays
- The pass can also be used at weekends.
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- The Association provides a dedicated bus with a designated driver for the exclusive use of the Association Member’s school pupils
- The Association is able to consider additional boarding points on the routes providing these boarding points are both practical and safe
- The timetable is based on school start of day and end of day times
- Highly utilised school buses reduce congestion and pollution in the Town Centre, reduce congestion at the school entrances and improve safety
- Seating at all times, the Association carefully regulates the number of passes so the seating capacity of the bus is not exceeded
- Reduced stress, time and worry in getting your children to and from school each day!
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Please contact the Chair of the Association:
- Name: Caroline Murray.
- Email:
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- Tel: 07809 539675
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This is a non- profit making Parents Association so the cost of the bus pass is determined by the number of pupils that use the service divided by the number of school days. Therefore the more pupils that use each bus, the cheaper the bus pass. Current high uptake is enabling the association to offer bus passes at particularly competitive rates. |
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A one- off £15 family subscription to join the Association is required.
Payment for the bus pass is a term in advance (cost is currently equivalent to £2.75 per day).
A £100 deposit is needed to secure a place on the bus (returnable at the end of the period of use provided that a term's notice is given). |
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Providing there are available seats on the bus, pupils can bring friends home from school with a Temporary Guest Bus Pass, provided this is applied for in advance and the payment of a small fee.
As the association strives to achieve high passenger utilisation of the buses the numbers of Guest Passes available are likely to be limited and so must be applied for in advance and in writing.
Children will not be allowed on the bus without showing a valid permanent or temporary pass. |
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On the homeward journey, the Dame Alice girls will be picked up outside the school on the Cardington road.
On the homeward journey, the Bedford School boys & St. Andrews girls will be picked up at the bottom of De Parys Avenue (outside St. Peter’s Church).
On the homeward journey, the High School Girls will be picked up outside the school on the Bromham Road.
On the homeward journey the bus will stop at the Royal Oak in Roxton so no pupil will need to cross the A428. |
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