Bus Service Improvement Plan for Cheshire West and Chester
Overview
Background
The National Bus Strategy (NBS) for England published on 15 March 2021 formalises the expectation that Local Transport Authorities and bus operators will work in partnership to deliver better bus services in their area. Since the publication of the NBS we have been working in collaboration with local bus operators to develop our Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) and latterly establish an Enhanced Partnership (EP) for the Borough.
Bus Service Improvement Plan 2024
Our co-produced Bus Service Improvement Plan for Cheshire West and Chester was submitted to the Department for Transport in June 2024. The plan sets out our proposals for the future, should funding become available.
Our BSIP is both robust and ambitious, and with funding would enable the Enhanced Partnership to deliver the changes needed to allow the bus to be a fully integrated transport mode and mode of choice for the many, not the few. In setting out our proposals we have worked closely with operators.
Our updated BSIP has been adopted by Cabinet and submitted to Government:
Bus Service Improvement Plan 2021
For further information or if you would like to be part of a Bus Passenger User Group we hope to establish for west Cheshire, please email the Transport and Infrastructure team:
Enhanced Partnership for bus services in the borough
Alongside the BSIP, we have updated our Enhanced Partnership Plan and Enhanced Partnership Scheme in line with a new Bus Service Improvement Plan, endorsed by our Cabinet in September 2024.
Supporting our BSIP is our Bus Passenger Charter, created by the Enhanced Partnership, this is a pledge to provide the best possible bus network in Cheshire West and Chester.
