Thames Valley Buses has announced it will be introducing changes to bus services across Slough, Maidenhead and Bracknell this week (April 19).

The changes come as more people return to work to reflect changing travel patterns and traffic congestion, plus increases in costs like national insurance and fuel.

Why is Thames Valley changing its services?

A spokesman said: "Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Government have been providing funding to replace missing customer fares, this was reduced in September of last year and will be phased out by October. This means that we need to start making changes to allow us to continue to provide as comprehensive a service as possible whilst customers continue to return. 

"In all cases, the changes have been made to better reflect the current usage of the services and cause the least disruption possible. We hope that as people return to work 'onsite' and more people return to leisure activities, usage will increase."

Changes to the bus network in Slough

Service 2 – The 19:22 weekday journey from Dedworth to Slough will be withdrawn.  The 06:22 Saturday journey from Dedworth to Slough will be withdrawn.  Some minor timing changes to other journeys.

Service 3 – The 06:33 weekday journey from Highfield Lane will be withdrawn.  Some minor timing changes to other journeys.

Service 5 – Weekday journeys at 18:30 and 19:00 from Slough will terminate at Cippenham St Andrews Church.  Journeys from Cippenham Green at 19:09 and 19:39 will be withdrawn.  On Saturdays, journeys from Slough at 18:00 and 18:30 will terminate at St Andrews Church, and those from Cippenham Green at 18:32 and 19:02 will be withdrawn.

Changes to the bus network in Maidenhead

Service 7 – Weekday journeys from Maidenhead at 05:55, 06:30 and 20:45 will be withdrawn along with journeys from Sawyers Crescent at 05:35 and 20:06.  On Saturdays, journeys from Maidenhead at 07:05 and 20:20, and from Sawyers Crescent at 18:56 and 19:56 will be withdrawn.  Some minor timing changes to other journeys.

Service 8 – Weekday journeys at 06:16 from Maidenhead and 06:03 from Halifax Road will be withdrawn.  The 06:53 will change to run as service 9 at 07:03.  Some minor timing changes to other journeys.

Service 9 – Weekday journey at 06:33 will run later at 06:45 and complete the full circuit as service 9.  Journey at 20:05 will be retimed to run 10 minutes earlier.  Some minor timing changes to other journeys.

Services 234/235 – The weekday journey at 06:00 from Knowl Hill will be retimed to 06:11, and some minor timing changes to other journeys.

Changes to the bus network in Bracknell

Service 171/172 – The 171 journey at 22:55 and the 172 journey at 23:25 on Mondays to Saturdays will be withdrawn.

Service 194 – The weekday journeys at 06:07 from Owlsmoor to Camberley and 19:40 from Camberley to Bracknell will be withdrawn.  The 06:25 weekday journey from Camberley will start from The Meadows at 06:34.  The 20:10 weekday journey from Camberley to Bracknell will run 5 minutes earlier throughout.