New year revolutions on the shopper hopper

People living in Weston-super-Mare will be able to start the new year with a trip to the shops on a new bus service designed to help them get to the town’s supermarkets and central shopping areas.

The new number 9 service will run Monday to Friday, three times a day between West Wick and the bus interchange at Alexandra Parade. The route will include Worle retail park, Worle Lidl, Queensway, Lower Kewstoke Road, Church Road, Worlebury, Ashbury Drive, Baytree Road, Aisecome Way retail park, Winterstoke Road retail parks and the town centre.

Journeys will run between 10.20am and 3pm with the service starting on Tuesday 2 January and will be free for travel card holders or a maximum of £2 each way for other passengers. Everyone travels free during their birthday month – apply online at  www.birthdaybus.co.uk.

The new service will be operated by First West of England. The timetable and route map for the new service will be available at www.travelwest.info later this month.