There are safety concerns over the lack of night time and Sunday buses going into town from Arle Court transport hub. Bus campaigners are calling for the 94X Gloucester to Cheltenham buses, which stop on the A40 close to the transport hub, to be redirected to call in at the coach station during those times. They have raised concerns over safety for women, girls and disabled people who currently have to carry luggage through a dark subway to get to the nearest bus stop to go into town.
Campaigner David Redgewell says the site is now the major coach station for And he asked council chiefs what equality impact assessments had been done on the site and said the site is lacking a taxi rank. “It’s impossible to join coaches from a taxi,” he told a last month. “Also, we are told by Stagecoach that they would put the 94X at evenings, night and Sundays in there.
The alternative access for me in a wheelchair is a dark lit subway down to the main road under a subway." He invited council chiefs to go with him "to see how safe it is for women, girls, disabled people carrying luggage". "I am very proud of that coach station but we haven’t finished it and that’s a big issue.
Can we make sure it is safe blind disabled people having to can get coaches to connect with buses.” This issue was also raised at another Shire Hall meeting on March 12 by Cllr Roger Whyborn (LD, Benhall and Up Hatherley). He praised the new transport hub and that long distance coaches are running to and f.
