Pointless Exercise? Abellio Surrey Changes + Farewell Route 51

On 5th April 2014, Abellio Surrey will be restructuring their network, with route changes, extensions and frequency reductions. Route 51 will be renumbered 451, pointlessly, thus we'll start with that first.

Route 51 initially replaced 451, and was run by First Berkshire from Bracknell, using two buses, usually a Scania L94UB/Wright Solar:

First Berkshire 65726 on Route 51, Staines, 29/08/13


First Berkshire 65726 on Route 51, Staines, 29/08/13

And an Optare Solo:


First Beeline 53065 on Route 51, Staines, 29/08/13


First Beeline 53065 on Route 51, Staines, 29/08/13

The route passed to Abellio London on the 31st August 2013:


51 timetable with Abellio post 31st August 2013, already on the boards at Staines on the 29th


Abellio Surrey 8095 on Route 51, Staines, 31/08/13

Annoyingly on that day, the sun was at exactly the worst place possible for photos:


Abellio Surrey 8095 on Route 51, Staines, 31/08/13

This route will be renumbered 451 from 5th April 2014.
Other changes to Abellio Surrey routes:
Route 441 will be re-routed via 71 between Staines and Terminal 5:


Abellio Surrey 8762 on Route 441, Heathrow Central, 08/03/13
This route will no longer be serve Stanwell Moor, this link will be replaced by re-routed 557, running Terminal 5 via 441 to Ashford Hospital then as per usual 557 route:


Abellio Surrey 8091 on Route 557, Hatton Cross, 16/02/13
This route will not serve Hatton Cross any more.

Route 446 will be reduced to hourly, and will no longer serve Thorpe Park Theme Park grounds:

Abellio Surrey 8443 on Route 446, Staines, 29/08/13
This frequency reduction is due to changes on the 459 and 461:

Route 459 will be rerouted between Addlestone and Woking, via Woodham and Sheerwater. Addlestone loop via Orchard Way is withdrawn. It is also withdrawn between Woking Morrisons and Station.


Abellio Surrey 8001 on Route 459, Kingston Cromwell Road, 20/08/13


Abellio Surrey 8074 on Route 459, Woking Morrisons, 04/01/14
The route will be withdrawn at this point, and will no longer serve Morrisons, leaving a skeleton bus service provided by a few irregular services.

Route 461 will no longer serve Field Common, and will be extended to Staines via Chertsey:


Abellio London 8069 on Route 461, Kingston, 02/01/14

Most other routes will get a minor timetable change, and Route 564 will turn to every 70mins frequency.