Thanks very much for alerting me Chris, you are quite right.
I knew the No. 40x didn't run on Saturdays and I must have presumed this
also applied to the No. 40. What I didn't know is the "current"
Brighton & Hove "Bus Times magazine - Autumn 2016 to Spring 2017" for
the No. 40 route is incorrect and Compass Buses amended virtually every
departure time as from 9th Jan 2017 - so travellers on the No.40 route
BEWARE!
Back to the Adastra Seminar, there is a No. 40 bus that works nicely
that connects with the 270 in Haywards Heath (The 270 is the only route
that goes anywhere near the college on a Saturday). Note that the
Haywards Heath circular town bus No.30 runs too far to the north of the
college to be worth considering.
BUS ROUTE FROM BRIGHTON TO HAYWARDS HEATH
40 Brighton Old Steine (Stop D) Dep. 08:10
Haywards Heath Perrymount Rd. Arr. 09:08
270 Haywards Heath Perrymount Rd. Dep. 09:18
Lindfield opp West Common Drive Arr. 09:21
>From Perrymount Road to Oathall Comunity College is about 1 mile's walk,
OK if it's not raining!
One good thing resulting from this discussion is that there are likely
to be others who weren't aware that all No. 40 bus times have recently
been changed by Compass!
Peter Hodge
----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Drewery
To: Adastra discussion group
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2017 6:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Adastra] Getting to the 2017 Adastra Recorders Seminar
I thought Compass number 40 runs from Brighton to HH direct on Sats
starting before 8am
Bus Timetables
Bus Timetables
Bus timetables in Sussex and Surrey from Compass
Travel.
On Thursday, January 19, 2017 10:12 AM, Peter Hodge
<[email protected]> wrote:
Dear Adastrans,
PUBLIC TRANSPORT TO THE RECORDERS' SEMINAR
This is really only suitable for those with concessionary bus
passes!
It used to be possible to catch a No. 40 bus from Brighton to
Hassocks
Stone Pound and walk to the Adastra Hall before the 10:00am start
time.
I have searched every bus timetable and there is not a single bus
leaving Brighton that arrives at Haywards Heath before 10:00 am.
BUT..... There is a way.....
From Brighton catch No. 29 Tunbridge Wells bus, leaving Brighton
Churchill Square at 05:52am, arriving at Tunbridge Wells station at
07:15am (be aware that the 29 is limited stop as far as Falmer).
From Tunbridge Wells station (Stop U) take the No. 291 Crawley bus,
leaving T. Wells at 07:29am. Get off at East Grinstead War Memorial
(Stop J), arriving at 08:11am. (It is also possible to change at
Forest
Row (o/s Brambletye) if the 291 is late, but Metrobus services
generally
keep good time).
From East Grinstead War Memorial (Stop H) take the No. 270 Brighton
bus,
leaving at 08:23am. This passes through Forest Row (opposite
Brambletye) at 08:32am and continues via Lindfield and Haywards
Heath to
Brighton. Get off at the "Lindfield Adj West Common Drive" stop,
arriving at 09:00am. From the nearby mini-roundabout walk down
Appledore Gardens and Oathall Community College is just past the end
of
this road.
I'm tempted to try this myself because the connections are good, but
not
too tight, and should work smoothly. The Brighton & Hove route No.
29
buses normally keep good time on Saturday mornings.
.Peter Hodge.
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