Norwich park and ride
First Eastern Counties Wright Axcess-Floline bodied Scania L113CRLs at Norwich International Airport in July 2002
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| Parent | Norfolk County Council |
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| Founded | 1990s |
| Locale | Norwich |
| Service type | Park & ride |
| Routes | 6 |
| Destinations | Hethersett, Norwich, Norwich International Airport, University of East Anglia |
| Hubs | Norwich Bus Station |
| Fleet | Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 |
| Operator | Konectbus |
| Website | Norfolk County Council |
Norwich Park and Ride is a park & ride bus service in the English city of Norwich, East Anglia. The first of the park and rides was opened in the early 1990s at Norwich International Airport in Hellesdon, while the sixth (and currently final) site was opened in Thickthorn in 2005. With the addition of the final site, the Norwich Park & Ride became the largest park and ride services in the United Kingdom, and provided the scheme with over 5,000 permanent car parks – at the time the highest number for a park and ride scheme in the country. The scheme has proven to be quite successful, winning the British Parking Association Park and Ride award in 2004, and in the 2006/2007 financial year, 3.3 million people used the service, keeping 940,000 cars out of the city centre.
Thickthorn Park & Ride is located near Thickthorn services in Hethersett (NR9 3AU). The site first opened in 2005, making it the newest Park & Ride site in Norwich.
It has 726 car parking spaces and is open Monday to Saturday. On weekdays it opens at 06:30 and closes at 20:00, with the last bus departing the bus station for the site at 19:30 (except on Thursdays when the site closes at 21:00, with the last bus at 20:30 in order to accommodate late night shopping in Norwich). On Saturday, the site is open between 06:50 and 19:00, with the last bus at 18:30.
Harford Park & Ride is located on Ipswich Road, Norwich (NR4 6DY), and is accessed via an exit off the Harford Interchange where the A140 meets the A47.
The site is open between 06:50 and 19:00 on Monday to Saturday, the first bus departing at 07:00 and the last leaving Norwich bus station for the site at 18:30. The site has 1088 car parking spaces, including electric vehicle charging points, cycle parking and recycle facilities. A car boot sale is held at the site on a Sunday, when no services are in operation.
In 2015, First Eastern Counties began to operate service 600 which travelled between the site and Norfolk County Hall on weekday mornings and evenings. This service was taken over by Konectbus when the new park and ride contract began in September 2015.
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