Mobility concept: Bocholt city bus offers more journeys

The Bocholt city bus can now also be used for journeys in the early morning and late evening: The journey times have been significantly extended. This should benefit commuting citizens in particular.

By extending the journey times, StadtBus Bocholt GmbH is implementing one of the central demands of the city's mobility concept - to offer working people and schoolchildren a mobility alternative.

The buses will run from 5 a.m. from Monday to Friday so that the S75 line (Sprinterbus), which departs at 5.52 a.m., can be reached by city bus from all areas of the city. The extension also means a big plus for working people who start work at 6 am. On weekday evenings, the buses will also run until 9 pm.

There are also significant improvements for Saturdays: Buses will start an hour earlier from 6.30 am and will now run until 7 pm. This not only benefits working people, but is also a gain for leisure transport at the weekend. However, the basic timetable frequency (30 or 60 minutes depending on the line, C13 every 40/20 minutes) remains unchanged.

The additional personnel required for the transport service was realised by the contracted company WB Westfalen Bus GmbH despite the currently very tight situation on the labour market.

StadtBus Bocholt GmbH

Significant additional performance for city buses

Electric_bus_at_the_bus_meeting_4 — *© Stadtbus Bocholt*

For Bocholt's city buses, the changes mean around 8,500 additional timetable hours per year. "The additional personnel required for this in the driving service could be realised by the commissioned company WB Westfalen Bus GmbH despite the currently very tight situation on the labour market," announces Stadt Bus Bocholt GmbH.

According to the company, Westfalen Bus made "considerable efforts in advance to implement the final resolution passed by the Bocholt city council in February as quickly as possible, contrary to the general trend of service cuts in public transport due to a shortage of drivers".

Changes to call-and-collect taxis (AST)

Due to the extended journey times of the city and taxi buses, the service offered by the call-and-collect taxi (AST) is limited, as the previous rule still applies here: the AST always runs when the city and taxi buses are no longer running. In future, the service will be available from Monday to Friday from around 9.30 pm to 00.45 am, on Saturdays from 7.30 pm to 00.45 am and on Sundays (unchanged) from 9.30 am to 00.45 am every hour after advance booking by telephone.

All information on journey times and routes can be found on the StadtBus Bocholt website.