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unusual facts about Park and Ride



Cabot Circus

Drivers can also access the centre by using one of Bristol's three Park and Ride services; Long Ashton, Portway and Bath Road.

Chemin d'Aylmer

The Rivermead and Hippodrome park and rides are located near Rivermead route and represents the main transit hub of the sector, however most routes travels in both sides of it.

Clifton, Nottingham

The development would be tied in with a new housing estate south of Clifton, a new OAP residential estate, and a Park and Ride to serve the M1 and reduce congestion into the city along the A453.

Hafod

There is a dedicated express bus route to the east of Neath Road, which is used by buses serving the Landore Park and Ride site and the 'bendy bus' service from Singleton Hospital to Morriston Hospital.

Neighborhoods of Norwich, Connecticut

This area is now commercial with numerous gas stations, a Courtyard Marriott and a park and ride.

Optare Tempo

Four Optare Tempos were also purchased by Swansea City Council in South Wales for use on a new park and ride service from the city centre to Fforestfach.

Queen's Medical Centre

There is a free Medilink bus service, which connects Queen's Drive (Park and Ride) with Queen's Medical Centre, Wilkinson Street (for park and ride and the tram) and Nottingham City Hospital.

Transitplus

Transitplus operated out of its main depot in Aldgate, South Australia and sub depot/Park and Ride in Mount Barker, South Australia.

War Memorial Park, Coventry

Travel de Courcey (in conjunction with Coventry City Council and Centro PTE) operates a Park and ride scheme between this car park and Coventry city centre.


see also

Alvarado Transportation Center

19 ABQ RIDE routes stop in the ATC's northern complex, while the 66, 766, and 777 routes stop on 1st street and Central Ave. the SunVan paratransit service operated by ABQ RIDE, The New Mexico Park and Ride Turquoise Route that connects to Edgewood and Moriarty, and the Rio Metro Rail Runner shuttles also utilize bus bays in the northern complex.

Clinton, New Jersey

Trans-Bridge Lines offers buses on a route that provides service from Allentown and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan and New York City-area airports at a stop at the park-and-ride on Route 31 in Clinton.

Hartlepool railway station

The work was finished for the Tall Ships' Races in August 2010 at a cost of £4m and was originally used for park and ride services terminating in the town for the event.

Nottingham Express Transit

The Clifton route will go through densely populated residential areas to the south of the city, including the Meadows, Wilford/Ruddington Lane area and the Clifton Estate, to a new park and ride site serving the A453.

Oxford Parkway railway station

It will serve Kidlington, north Oxford and nearby villages, and attract park-and-ride traffic from the busy A34, A40 and A44 roads.

Park and ride bus services in the United Kingdom

The southern park and ride section aims to relieve the congested Forth Bridge road crossing.

Despite this, operation by small groups or independent operators forms a significant aspect of UK park and ride operations, such as Courtney Coaches (Basingstoke), Johnsons Excelbus (Stratford upon Avon), Veolia Transport (Swansea), Konectbus (Norwich), Travel de Courcey (Coventry), Bennets Coaches (Cheltenham) and Smith and Sons (Perth).

Smaller schemes may not necessarily employ specific marketing or dedicated all-over liveries where the passenger revenue does not justify this, such as in Stoke and Scarborough, although the term "park and ride" is a near-universally accepted term that is still applied to these smaller schemes on timetables and/or non-overall livery route branding.

Preston park and ride

The Portway park and ride service is run using Optare Solo SR buses; since 2011 the Walton-le-Dale service is run by hybrid Optare Versas.

Stuttgart Österfeld station

Attached to the station is a park-and-ride car park with 500 places, which is directly accessible from the A 831 autobahn.

Transport on the Isle of Wight

Cowes park and ride is currently the only park and ride site on the island, however there has been regular talk of building one for Newport in the future.