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Get out of town (for just £1) – Night Bus Service runs on extra dates

Late night revellers out in the town on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve will be able to get home for just £1 now that additional dates have been added to the Night Bus Service.

The Night Bus has been running every Friday and Saturday night since the end of July, and will continue to run on Fridays and Saturdays up until the end of the year.

The Safer Hastings Partnership (SHP), Sussex Police and Stagecoach have joined forces, using Safer Socialising funding from the local Neighbourhood Renewal Team, to provide the service that ran in 2005 and 2006.

Mike Fagan, Community Safety Manager with the SHP, said, “We are delighted to continue to work with Sussex Police and Stagecoach to add these two key dates when we know the town will be very busy with people enjoying the festive season. We are confident it will once again boost our evening economy, reduce violent crime, and contribute to making nights out in Hastings safe, especially when combined with the Taxi Marshal initiative, Bar Watch and various other schemes.”

As usual, Sussex Police officers will travel on each bus. The price is still just £1 and the times of the service have stayed in keeping with new licensing hours, with two buses running every half an hour from midnight until 3.30am.

Both buses will depart from Havelock Road, but N1 will head westbound to London Road (Christchurch), Battle Road (Silverhill), Old Church Road, Lancaster Road, Tilebarn Road, Churchwood Drive, Crowhurst Road (Wishing Tree Roundabout), Blackman Avenue, Battle Road and back to Havelock Road.

N2 will set off in the opposite direction, travelling to Queens Road, Mount Pleasant (Langham), Priory Road, Old London Road (Ore), The Ridge, Malvern Way 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.”