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Bus route changes cause stir in Hawkesbury

21 Oct, 2009 09:30 AM
CHANGES to the Westbus route through Windsor shopping precinct have left some older passengers distressed and Windsor shops fearing financial repercussions.

New Westbus timetables came into effect on Sunday, October 11, which changed the route of the 668 Westbus bus into Windsor, mainly due to safety concerns of bus drivers about the narrowness of George Street.

The new route no longer runs up George Street past Riverview shopping centre and Target, and on Monday and Tuesday last week, several distressed older shoppers approached management at Riverview to say they couldn't get the bus there anymore as it now dropped them in Kable Street. None of the shoppers who approached Riverview had been aware the route changes were to take place.

Instead of coming straight up George Street and dropping passengers near Riverview and Country Target, the bus from Windsor Station now turns right at Hawkesbury Valley Way, left onto Macquarie Street, left onto Fitzgerald Street, right onto The Terrace, then right into Kable Street where it drops passengers outside Woolworths. It then proceeds up to Macquarie Street.

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Peter Lawson and Lorraine Tregear of Wilberforce, and Shane Szokic of Windsor with Sharnie Ekert of Windsor at the bus stop outside Country Target on George Street, which is now no longer in service. Westbus's notice of route change is on the pole.
Peter Lawson and Lorraine Tregear of Wilberforce, and Shane Szokic of Windsor with Sharnie Ekert of Windsor at the bus stop outside Country Target on George Street, which is now no longer in service. Westbus's notice of route change is on the pole.
Merv Dries of Windsor points up George Street to where the bus used to come from to access the bus stop outside Country Target.
Merv Dries of Windsor points up George Street to where the bus used to come from to access the bus stop outside Country Target.

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