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Quick, cheap and safe way home on an England
World Cup match night
Football fans enjoying England’s World
Cup matches in Hastings town centre can get home after the
games for just £1, thanks to the Safer Hastings Partnership’s
World Cup Night Bus service.
The service runs on every night that there
is – or could potentially be – an England match.
A bid for Innovation Funding submitted by
the East Sussex Safer Communities Partnership has enabled
the Safer Hastings Partnership to run the initiative again,
in conjunction with Stagecoach and Sussex Police.
Sussex Police Authority’s Carole Shaves,
who chairs the SHP, said, “With all the drama and excitement
of the World Cup, we want residents to be able to get home
quickly, cheaply and, most importantly, safely, after every
England match. That’s why the Safer Hastings Partnership
is really pleased to be able to run the Night Bus service
on 10 nights during the tournament.”
Sussex Police officers will travel on each
bus. The price is still just £1 and, as usual, one bus
will head towards Hollington while the other travels to Ore.
The buses will run on Saturday 12th June, Friday 18th June,
Saturday 26th June, Sunday 27th June, Friday 2nd July, Saturday
3rd July, Tuesday 6th July, Wednesday 7th July, Saturday 10th
July and Sunday 11th July. See www.saferhastings.co.uk
for exact times.
Both buses will depart from Havelock Road,
but N1 will head to White Rock, Grand Parade, London Road
(St Leonards), Battle Road (Silverhill), Old Church Road,
Lancaster Road, Tile Barn Road, Churchwood Drive, Crowhurst
Road, Harley Shute, Bexhill Road, Grosvenor Crescent (Bo Peep),
Marina, Grand Parade and back to Havelock Road.
N2 will set off in the opposite direction,
travelling to Queens Road, Langham, Mount Pleasant, Priory
Road, Ore Village, Malvern Way, The Ridge (Conquest Hospital),
Ashdown House, Harrow Lane, Sedlescombe Road North, St Helen’s
Road, Queens Road and back to Havelock Road.
Paul Harding, Operations Manager of Stagecoach
in Hastings, said, “We are always happy to play a part
in making Hastings a safer place.”
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