RMS for Girls Transport Guide 2022/23

TRANSPORT GUIDE

Welcome

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Thank you for taking the time to look at coach service guide for the 2022-2023 academic year. This is the inaugural version of such a guide, which sets out the wide range of travel options available to the pupils at The Royal Masonic School for Girls.

All bookings for school coach routes can be made by contacting the school after viewing them at rmsforgirls.vectare.co.uk . The website also incorporates an interactive journey planner which allows you to enter your postcode and find your closest bus stop.

This guide provides an overview of the school coach service network and contains further details including fare and timetable information. If you have any further questions on the network, please do not hesitate to contact Elaine Hoile at bursarspa@rmsforgirls.com.

The late services are also on the website, and should you need to change onto it at the last minute, you can also make this change quickly and easily.

I hope that you are able to find a travel solution that works for you and your daughter. If you need any further assistance, or you would like to discuss travel options from areas not currently served by our school coach network, please contact Elaine Hoile at bursarspa@rmsforgirls.com.

Kind regards, Emma Ghosh Director of Finance and Operations

Lay-by outside Bills, High St Berkhamsted (pm), Lay-by outside W.H.Smith High St Berkhamsted (am)

Route

Beaconsfield, bus stop junction Wilton Rd/Ledborough Lane

Beaconsfield outside Waitrose

Oakwood, junction of Shootersway and Cross Oak Rd, Berkamstead

Hemel

Zone B

Bus stop outside Church, Dunny Garden Scene, Chipperfield

A

Carlton Clocks Chenies Parade Li le Chalfont

The Feathers, Chalfont St Giles

Seer Green, the Church, in Church Rd

Amersham Rd / Misbourne Avenue Gravel Hill/ Rickmansworth LaneMarket Place, Chalfont St Peter

Austenwood Common (Three Oaks) Opposite Costa Co ee, Packhorse Rd Gerrards Cross

East Common, Oxford Rd, Gerrards Cross Tatling End, Capswood Ind Estate

Farnham Common, Beaconsfield Rd, lay by between Spring Lane and Kennedy Cl

Hemel Hempstead Station, (station forecourt)

Oscars Pizza, High Street Kings Langley (am), Post O ice, junction Common Lane Kings Langley (pm)

outside Catholic Dunny Lane (am), Scene, Chapel Croft Chipperfield (pm)

Zone B

Bus Stop outside Esso Garage, Radle High Street Corner of Williams Way, Radle

The Boot Public House, Sarra

Lay-by opposite Watford Town Hall, Rickmansworth Rd (am)

Bus Stop behind Town Hall by Library, Hempstead Rd (pm)

All Saints Church, The Green, Croxley Green

Bus Stop opposite Red House PH, Watford Rd, Croxley Green Bus Stop at Croxley Met Station (pm)

Bus stop by zebra crossing at Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood Bus stop by Northwood Golf Course

Thirlmere Gardens, Rickmansworth Road, Northwood

Iron Bridge at junction with Chestnut Avenue

Bus Stop at Watford Rd jct Gills Hill Lane (am)Bus Stop by Dellfield Close, Watford Road (pm)

Bus Stop outside Aldenham Church

Bus Stop near Queens School, Bushey

James Close, Aldenham Rd

Bus Stop at Bushey & Oxhey Station

Bus Stop before Northwood Hills junction with Briarwood Drive

Bus stop at junction with The Chase, Uxbridge Rd, Stanmore

Bus stop opposite Hatch End Station

Bus stop at Paines Lane junction with Uxbridge Rd

Bus stop opposite Pinner Green Playing Fields, Pinner Green

Ladygate Lane, Bury St, Ruislip Hop and Vine, High St, Ruislip

Village Rd, Denham

West Ruislip Station, High Road, West Ruislip Hillingdon Station, Long Lane, Hillingdon

Hillingdon T:A: Centre, Honeycroft Hill, Uxbridge

Station Road, Cowley

King’s Church, High Street, Iver

London Rd Shops, bus stop Canons Corner, Stanmore

Bus stop opposite Leefe Robinson, Miller & Carter Restaurant, Harrow Weald

stop

Timetable

Radlett

Price Band Pick Up Points

Pick Up Set Down

B Corner of Williams Way, Radlett 7:10 am 5:10 pm

B Bus Stop outside Esso Garage, Radlett High Street 7:15 am 5:00 pm

B Bus Stop at Watford Rd jct Gills Hill Lane (am) 7:20 am

B Bus Stop by Dellfield Close, Watford Road (pm) 4:55 pm

B Bus Stop outside Aldenham Church 7:25 am 4:50 pm

B Bus Stop near Queens School, Bushey 7:30 am 4:45 pm

B James Close, Aldenham Road 7:32 am 4:42 pm

B Bus Stop at Bushey & Oxhey Station 7:35 am 4:39 pm

B Lay-by opposite Watford Town Hall, Rickmansworth Road (am) 7:40 am

B Bus Stop behind Town Hall by Library, Hempstead Road (pm) 4:34 pm

A Bus Stop opposite Red House PH, Watford Rd, Croxley Green 7:45 am

A Bus Stop at Croxley Met Station (pm) 4:29 pm

- Arrival at RMS/ Departure from RMS 8:15 am 4:15 pm

Stanmore

Price Band

Pick Up Points Pick Up Set Down

B London Rd Shops, bus stop Canons Corner, Stanmore 7:25 am 5:00 pm

B Bus stop at junction with The Chase, Uxbridge Rd, Stanmore 7:28 am 4:52 pm

B Bus stop opposite Leefe Robinson, Miller & Carter Restaurant, Harrow Weald 7:30 am 4:50 pm

B Bus stop opposite Hatch End Station 7:35 am 4:45 pm

B Bus stop at Paines Lane junction with Uxbridge Rd 7:40 am 4:40 pm

B Bus stop opposite Pinner Green Playing Fields, Pinner Green 7:45 am 4:35 pm

B Bus Stop before Northwood Hills junction with Briarwood Drive 7:48 am 4:32 pm

B Iron Bridge at junction with Chestnut Avenue 7:49 am 4:31 pm

A Bus stop by Northwood Golf Course 7:50 am 4:30 pm

A Bus stop by zebra crossing at Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood 7:59 am 4:25 pm

- Arrival at RMS/Departure from RMS 8:15 am 4:15 pm

Late Coach 2 (Stanmore & Radlett)

Price Band Pick Up Points Set Down

B Depart RMS 5:45 pm

B Northwood, Iron Bridge 6:05 pm

B Pinner Green, Bus stop 6:07 pm

B Hatch End Station 6:15 pm

B Harrow Weald, Miller & Carter 6:20 pm

B Bushey & Oxhey Station 6:40 pm

B Bushey, Queens’ School 6:45 pm

B Radlett, High Street 6:55 pm

Uxbridge

Price

Band Pick Up Points

Pick Up Set Down

B King’s Church, High Street, Iver 7:15 am 5:10 pm

B Station Road, Cowley 7:20 am 5:05 pm

B Hillingdon T:A: Centre, Honeycroft Hill, Uxbridge 7:25 am 4:58 pm

B Hillingdon Station, Long Lane, Hillingdon 7:35 am 4:48 pm

B West Ruislip Station, High Road, West Ruislip 7:40 am 4:43 pm

B Hop and Vine, High St, Ruislip 7:50 am 4:38 pm

B Ladygate Lane, Bury St, Ruislip 7:55 am 4:32 pm

A Thirlmere Gardens, Rickmansworth Road, Northwood 8:05 am 4:25 pm

- Arrival at RMS/Departure from RMS 8:15 am 4:15 pm

Beaconsfield

Price Band

Pick Up Points

Pick Up Set Down

B Farnham Common, Beaconsfield Rd, lay by between Spring Lane and Kennedy Cl 7:10 am 5:10 pm

B Beaconsfield outside Waitrose 7:22 am 4:50 pm

B Beaconsfield, bus stop junction Wilton Rd/Ledborough Lane 7:25 am 4:45 pm

B Seer Green, the Church, in Church Rd 7:30 am 4:40 pm

B The Feathers, Chalfont St Giles 7:40 am 4:35 pm

A Carlton Clocks Chenies Parade Little Chalfont 7:45 am 4:25 pm

- Arrival at RMS/Departure from RMS 8:15 am 4:15 pm

Price Band

Chalfonts & Gerrards Cross

Pick Up Points

Pick Up Set Down

B Amersham Road/Misbourne Avenue 7:18 am 5:13 pm

B Gravel Hill/Rickmansworth Lane 7:22 am 5:08 pm

B Market Place, Chalfont St Peter 7:24 am 5:03 pm

B Austenwood Common (Three Oaks) 7:26 am 4:56 pm

B Opposite Costa Coffee, Packhorse Rd Gerrards Cross 7:30 am 4:50 pm

B East Common, Oxford Rd Gerrards Cross 7:34 am 4:41 pm

B Tatling End, Capswood Ind Estate 7:35 am 4:40 pm

B Village Rd, Denham 7.40 am 4:30 pm

- Arrival at RMS/Departure from RMS 8:15 am 4:15 pm

Late Coach 1 (Gerrards Cross & Beaconsfield)

Price Band

Pick Up Points Set Down

B Depart RMS 5:45 pm

B Little Chalfont, Chalfont Clocks 6:00 pm

B Chalfont St Giles, Wheelhouse Vets 6:10 pm

B Chalfont St Peter, Market Place 6:18 pm

B Chalfont St Peter/Gerrards Cross, 3 Oaks Pub 6:23 pm

B Gerrards Cross, High Street 6:26 pm

B Gerrards Cross, A40 Bulstrode Court 6:29 pm

B Beaconsfield, bus stop Ledborough Lane, junction Wilton Rd 6:39 pm

B Beaconsfield High Street, Waitrose 6:41 pm

B Farnham Common, Beaconsfield Rd lay by between Spring Lane 6:53 pm

Berkhamsted

Price Band Pick Up Points

Pick Up Set Down

B Lay-by outside Bills, High St Berkhamsted (pm) 7:05 am

B Lay-by outside W.H.Smith High St Berkhamsted (am) 5:20 pm

B Oakwood, junction of Shootersway and Cross Oak Rd, Berkamstead 7:10 am 5:10 pm

B Hemel Hempstead Station, (station forecourt) 7:20 am 4:55pm

B Oscars Pizza, High Street Kings Langley (am) 7:30 am

B Post Office, junction Common Lane Kings Langley (pm) 4.40pm

B Bus stop outside Catholic Church, Dunny Lane (am) 7:35 am

B Garden Scene, Chapel Croft Chipperfield (pm) 4:35 pm

A The Boot Public House, Sarratt 7:40 am 4:30 pm

A All Saints Church, The Green, Croxley Green 7:50 am 4:20 pm

- Arrival at RMS/Departure from RMS 8:15 am 4:15 pm

How To Book

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Fares

Price Band Min price per journey£ per term

Return journey 4-5 days per week

Return journey 3 days per week

A

Return journey 1-2 days per week

One-way 4-5 days per week

One-way 1-3 days per week

£400/term £320/term £240/term £280/term £210/term

£3.55 £4.73 £5.33 £4.97 £6.21

Return journey 4-5 days per week

Return journey 3 days per week

B

Return journey 1-2 days per week

One-way 4-5 days per week

One-way 1-3 days per week

£650/term £520/term £390/term £455/term £300/term

£5.77 £7.69 £8.65 £8.08 £8.88

A B Ad-hoc journey £10.00

• The price band for each route depends on the bus stop used – please see the pages below with the bands set out for each bus stop.

• Please be aware that priority will be given to pupils booking onto the coach services for return journeys 4-5 times per week.

• The minimum price per journey illustrated assumes that parents make full use of the service for the maximum days in the relevant band.

• A half-term’s notice is required should you wish to withdraw your daughter from the coach service.

• Parents may swap between bus routes on relevant days subject to availability with no additional cost, but the school must be notified in advance.

• Where a route has an associated late coach, this can be used at no additional charge, but we will require parents to notify the school where the late coach will be used so we can ensure the vehicle is appropriately sized.

• Ad hoc journeys are chargeable at a flat rate of £10 per journey.

Terms & Conditions

1. This agreement is made between all school coach passengers, their parents and The Royal Masonic For Girls (RMS For Girls) in order to provide safe, comfortable and civilised journeys for all passengers.

2. Arrangements for child’s journeys to and from school are the responsibility of their parents. To assist with discharging this responsibility, RMS provides a school coach service. Parents are responsible for their daughter at all times including both prior and after boarding and alighting.

3. Transport on the school coach service must be arranged in advance but is billed via the termly fee bill in arrears.

4. Bookings on the school coach service are non- refundable in the event of a pupil failing to travel.

5. All bookings for school bus routes can be made by contacting the school after viewing them at rmsforgirls.vectare.co.uk

6. Each pupil for whom an online form has been submitted will be added to a coach list detailing the service they travel on, their bus stop and what travel has been paid for. Their name will appear on a list, which will be checked by the driver.

7. It will be the parent’s responsibility to inform the school via the Contact Us form on the website if they no longer wish for their daughter to use the school coach service. One full term’s notice must be given by a parent prior to the removal of a pupil from the school coach service.

8. If you wish for your daughter to use the school coach service on an ad-hoc basis, or to vary the details of their coach travel as a one-off, you should book travel via the website prior to

travel. A charge is levied per single journey for individual trips depending on location.

9. No pupil is permitted to travel on the school coach service if not pre-booked for that coach. Other arrangements for journeys to and from school must be made by them or their parents.

10. Pupils must travel to and from RMS in full school uniform or a full school tracksuit (except on approved non-uniform days).

11. Pupils should be at the bus stop 5 minutes before the scheduled time of departure, to ensure they do not miss the service

12. Good conduct is required at all times. Shouting, use of foul language, dropping litter, playing music, or any other misbehaviour is strictly forbidden.

13. Except when embarking or disembarking, all passengers must remain seated with their seat belts fastened correctly.

14. Whilst on a school coach, all passengers must accept, without question, the authority of a RMS member of staff, transport company official or coach monitor who may ask them to obey any reasonable instruction such as to pick up litter, desist from certain actions or to move to a different seat.

15. Failure to comply with these conditions may result in disciplinary action, including temporary or permanent withdrawal of permission to use the school coach service.

16. RMS aims for 95% of journeys to operate within the transport industry window of tolerance of one minute early to five minutes late, however timings may vary due to traffic conditions or unforeseen circumstances. Drivers will not wait past the scheduled departure time.

This guide is produced for information only. We cannot be held liable for any errors or omissions or for any loss or damages caused, howsoever arising and including consequential losses, as a result of the use of this Guide. Please note that coach routes are subject to change.

Produced by Vectare for Royal Masonic School For Girls. © Vectare 2022. Timetable, route and fare information is correct as of September 2022.