Electronic bus boards launched across Lincolnshire, including in Grantham, Bourne, Stamford and Spalding
New digital bus boards are up and running across the county, with more due to be installed.
The information boards have been launched across Lincolnshire, including Bourne, Stamford, Grantham and Spalding.
The first wave of boards are up and running, which includes 24 large boards at larger bus stations and 40 smaller displays, known as e-papers, at roadside bus stops.
Lincolnshire County Councillor Richard Davies (Con), executive member for highways, said: “Being able to bring real time bus information to Grantham, Bourne and Stamford as well as stations and stops across the whole county is a real improvement.
“We will roll more of these out in bus stations and bus stops across Lincolnshire so that live details of each journey, as it happens, will be available to bus users.
“The system will be a real change for everyone who uses the bus and continues our successful ongoing campaign to get even more people back on these improved public transport services.”
South Kesteven District Council has been working with LCC in deciding on locations for the boards in the district.
Councillor Richard Cleaver (Ind), the district council’s cabinet member for property, said: “We have been working with the county council during the past few months to agree the location, design and paperwork for the installation of these boards so that they can bring a better experience for everyone using the buses.
“We hope that this, in turn, will increase the use of public transport and therefore help contribute to the council’s ambition to reduce their carbon footprint.”
Work on the boards is set to be completed by the end of March.
The larger board locations are in:
• Boston Pilgrim Hospital Bus Shelter, Sibsey Road
• Boston Pilgrim Hospital main reception, Sibsey Road
• Boston Pilgrim Hospital UTC Reception, Sibsey Road
• Boston Pilgrim Hospital Outpatients, Sibsey Road
• Boston bus station, Rosegarth Street
• Gainsborough bus station, Heaton Street
• Grantham Hospital main entrance, Manthorpe Road
• Grantham Hospital outpatients entrance, Manthorpe Road
• Grantham Hospital UTC entrance, Manthorpe Road
• Louth bus station, Church Street
• Skegness bus station, Richmond Drive
• Spalding Johnson Hospital main reception, Pinchbeck Road
The smaller boards that are installed and running are in:
• Two in Interchange Shelter in Silver Street, Coningsby
• Two at Gainsborough rail station in Lea Road
• Jubilee Way, Horncastle
• Mablethorpe bus station, Seacroft Road
• North end car park, Quebec Road, Mablethorpe
• All Saints’ Church, All Saints’ Place, Stamford
• Interchange shelter in High Street, Horncastle
• Boots in Market Place, Boston
• Interchange shelter in Wide Bargate, Boston
• Two in Asda in Lister Way, Boston
• Finkin Street, Grantham
• Two at Grantham Hospital, Manthorpe Road
• Boots in St Peter’s Hill, Grantham
• St Peter and St Paul Church, Boultham Park Road, Lincoln
• Two at HM Prison in Greetwell Road, Lincoln
• Lincoln County Hospital main entrance Greetwell Road, Lincoln
• Thomas Cooper Church, High Street, Lincoln
• Valentine Retail Park, Tritton Road, Lincoln
• Radio Lincolnshire, Newport, Lincoln
• Sewell’s Walk, High Street, Lincoln
• Two at Morrisons in Triton Road, Lincoln
• Interchange shelter in High Street, Spilsby
• Two at Lincoln Hotel in Northgate, Lincoln
• Two at Ancaster Avenue in Greetwell Road, Lincoln
