Trivia: Buses that serve out of town prisons

[Simon75]

The 402 Uttoxeter to Burton on Trent runs 4 times a day serving Dovegate prison.
What other buses serve out if town prisons (ie not in town or city centre)

 

[PeterC]

The 402 Uttoxeter to Burton on Trent runs 4 times a day serving Dovegate prison.
What other buses serve out if town prisons (ie not in town or city centre)

Red Eagle 352 serves The Mount next to the film studio on the former RAF Bovingdon

 

[mm333]

The Black Cat Travel 2 bus from Retford to Lincoln stops outside Rampton Secure Hospital every 90 minutes in both directions.

 

[gc4946]

Harrogate Bus Co route 7 serves Wealstun prison hourly (1/2 hourly peak times) between Thorp Arch and Walton villages

 

[TheGrandWazoo]

Notably, the Arriva X18 in Northumberland serves what was Acklington prison (now HMP Northumberland) every hour in both directions, with a turning circle to serve the place. Meanwhile, Southern Vectis serve Parkhurst and Albany between Cowes and Newport.

However, type "prison" into bus times and you get

• Diamond Bus 552 (Long Lartin)
• First 385a (Moorlands)
• Goodfellow 385 (Lindholme)
• Stagecoach m1 (Haverigg)
• Stagecoach 29 (Bullingdon)
• and lots of others too..... about 8 pages worth

 

[lewlott]

East Yorkshire’s 55 serves HMP Humber.

 

[stevieinselby]

East Yorkshire 747, running the scenic route between York and Pocklington, calls at HMP Full Sutton 3 times in one direction and once in the other – but all 5 journeys each way call at Full Sutton village which is only a few minutes walk away.

 

[MedwayValiant]

Stephensons service 15X between Bury St Edmunds and Haverhill serves HMP Highpoint, which is actually two prisons across the road from one another.

These prisons stand on the site of RAF Stradishall, which closed in 1970. I used to have an Eastern Counties timetable from the late 60s which referred to "Stradishall 'Drome" as a timing point. I imagine that this was in fact the same stop which is now called "Stradishall, Highpoint".

 

[busesrusuk]

Route 80 in London serves High Down and Downview prisons in Belmont. Its the terminus for the route and must be one of the most frequent prison buses with a bus every 8 minutes during the daytime with the first bus at 04.50 and the last bus at 01.00 with a significant Sunday service although the first bus is 06.35 and a frequency is every 15 minutes...

 

[Statto]

The Maghull Circulars 32, 33, as well as 133 & 310 stop near Ashworth secure Hospital.

 

[izvor]

Chalkwell route 360 serves Eastchurch and Elmley prisons on the Isle of Sheppey a few times a day.

 

[JasonL]

Warrington's Own Buses 28/28A from Warrington to Leigh stops at HMP Risley

 

[daodao]

HMP Styal no longer has any regular bus services, nor does the village itself, but there is a railway station nearby.

 

[Dwarfer1979]

The Centrebus LC4 serves Gartree Prison near Market Harborough.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Arriva Yorkshire's 231 & 232 (Huddersfield to Wakefield) purport to serve HMP New Hall, but in reality they run along the nearest main roads serving stops several hundred metres away from the prison. The 231 runs along Barnsley Road to the south side of the prison, the 232 serves Hardcastle Lane on the north side.

 

[Martin1988]

Big Lemon Bus run a service from Bristol Parkway Station to HMP Ashfield in Pucklechurch. Similarly, services 525 (Yate to Emersons Green)and 532 (Pucklechurch to Longwell Green) both pass near to the prison.

 

[AlastairFraser]

The HM Wymott/Garth complex is served by the 115 Preston to Chorley via Longton service, currently operated on a mostly hourly frequency by Vision Bus

 

[wiltshirebloke]

HM Prison Erlestoke, located between Devizes and Westbury in Wiltshire, is served by Service 87, currently operated by Faresaver.

 

[MisterWhippy]

Technically Bland’s serve HMP Stocken on school days, but even then it’s to the houses down the road.

 

[Fenchurch SP]

Route 80 in London serves High Down and Downview prisons in Belmont. Its the terminus for the route and must be one of the most frequent prison buses with a bus every 8 minutes during the daytime with the first bus at 04.50 and the last bus at 01.00 with a significant Sunday service although the first bus is 06.35 and a frequency is every 15 minutes...

Seems to be used as a park and ride judging by the number of cars parked near the terminus. I used it a couple of times to get to Morden station when there were strikes on NR.

 

[Pyewipecarshed]

East Yorkshire’s 55 serves HMP Humber.

This must be one of the longest established. Over the decades this route has been numbered 5, then 155 and more recently 55, serving Everthorpe borstal, which became HMP Everthorpe, sprouted HMP Wolds next door and finally saw the two merged to become HMP Humber!

 

[TheGrandWazoo]

This must be one of the longest established. Over the decades this route has been numbered 5, then 155 and more recently 55, serving Everthorpe borstal, which became HMP Everthorpe, sprouted HMP Wolds next door and finally saw the two merged to become HMP Humber!

Not as long established as anything that serves Princetown which essentially is Dartmoor Prison! Passed by that on the 98 earlier this year.

Another one is 63 to Brasside on the outskirts of Durham, home of Frankland Prison.

 

[Simon75]

Werrington YOI (young offenders institute) near Stoke-On -Trent, has D&G 16, 32,32,32X past it

 

[mattb7tl]

The 16/16A and 72 in Leeds. They both serve Armley Prison, or are within a reasonable walking distance. The 72 may be the only 24/7 service to serve a prison.

 

[Temple Meads]

Country Bus route 176 serves HMP Channings Wood near Newton Abbot, Devon.

 

[Steddenm]

Not as long established as anything that serves Princetown which essentially is Dartmoor Prison! Passed by that on the 98 earlier this year.

Dartmoor Prison is currently closed due to radon gas and all prisoners and staff "evacuated"

Dartmoor Prison will remain shut indefinitely after ongoing safety concerns, including the discovery of radioactive gas, prompted the authorities to move prisoners out.

 

[Zamracene749]

Notably, the Arriva X18 in Northumberland serves what was Acklington prison (now HMP Northumberland) every hour in both directions, with a turning circle to serve the place. Meanwhile, Southern Vectis serve Parkhurst and Albany between Cowes and Newport.

However, type "prison" into bus times and you get

• Diamond Bus 552 (Long Lartin)
• First 385a (Moorlands)
• Goodfellow 385 (Lindholme)
• Stagecoach m1 (Haverigg)
• Stagecoach 29 (Bullingdon)
• and lots of others too..... about 8 pages worth

Back in the 80s and 90s, a handful of journeys on the X18 used to go past the loop at Acklington and into the actual prison at visiting times. That must be unique for any bus service, at least ones not run with HMP paddy wagons! The visiting wives and girlfriends that used the service were somewhat down to earth, to say the least.

 

[RELL6L]

Parkhurst and Albany in the Isle of Wight, just outside Newport, are served by the 1 to Cowes.

 

[gazthomas]

Arriva 41B to HMP Berwyn, east of Wrexham

 

[Lukeo2311]

The 902 in Canberra serves the prison known as the AMC - 902 Canberra , I used the route to get to Hume when I worked there