Transport

St Francis of Assisi
Catholic Technology College

Headteacher: Mrs P. Mullins, B.A. (Hons), M.A.
SCHOOL
TRANSPORT
INFORMATION
School Year 2010 - 2011
Erdington Road, Aldridge, Walsall, WS9 0RN

tel: 01922 740300 fax: 01922 740330 www.stfrancis.cc postbox@stfrancis.cc
Welcome to the School Transport Information.
Parents who use or intend to use school transport should take the time to read this
document thoroughly paying particular attention to the information on bus passes.
More than 900 of our students travel to school by either school or public transport
each day.
Every morning before 9 a.m. and every afternoon at 3.15 p.m, 12 buses, double-
deckers and coaches and 3 taxis solely devoted to school transport arrive on the
school drive. In addition a number of students use regular service buses outside the
school on the Erdington Road and in Aldridge.
The school experiences relatively few problems with transport.
Students should aim to arrive in the morning at their designated stop at least 10
minutes prior to the scheduled arrival of the bus.
If a school coach or bus does not turn up on time in the morning students should wait
for at least 30 minutes. Sometimes delays occur due to traffic or weather, but the
coach / bus will almost always turn up eventually.
If a student misses the bus it is the parents' responsibility to make alternative ar-
rangements.
All services will pick up and set down at any recognised bus stop on the route. Stu-
dents should put their hands out to signal the bus to stop.
All services are due to set down in school (unless otherwise stated) by 8.55a.m.
School finishes at 3.30p.m. And the buses depart at 3.40p.m (unless otherwise stat-
ed).
Students have 10 minutes at the end of the day to leave class, visit lockers or toilets
and then catch their bus home. If a student misses the bus he / she MUST tell a
member of staff; the student will be given the opportunity to telephone home. The
school will try to make other arrangements if no-one is in.
Transport can sometimes be delayed due to traffic, weather or a breakdown and stu-
dents may have to wait; again they will be given the opportunity to telephone home.
For safety reasons and to avoid congestion we ask parents NOT to drive or park on
the school premises between 3.20p.m and 3.45p.m in the afternoon to pick up their
children.
St Francis Transport Page 2 Updated 26/01/2011

If you have to drive onto the school premises then please note that there is a one
way system of traffic flow in operation on the school drive so please observe it and
keep your speed down to 5mph.
AT ALL TIMES WHILST DRIVING ON SCHOOL

PREMISES -THINK SAFETY PLEASE DRIVE SLOWLY.
BASIC RULES FOR SAFETY AND BEHAVIOUR ON TRANSPORT
Although it is safe for young people to travel by school / public transport, there are a
number of common sense precautions parents /students can take that will increase
their safety even more.
Travelling by Bus
Know where you are going and where you need to get off.
Try and have your ticket, pass or change ready in your hand so your purse or wallet is
out of sight.
If possible, wait for a bus in a well-lit place near other people.
On a bus, it is safer to stay on the lower deck and sit near the driver or conductor.
If you feel uneasy, it makes sense to move to another seat or speak to the driver.
If you feel threatened on public transport make as much noise as possible to attract
attention.
Walking to & from the bus stop.
Think about the best route home and where you could go if you felt threatened. The
best idea is to head for a place where you know there will be other people, for exam-
ple a garage or shop. Try to use well lit, busy streets and avoid quiet or badly lit al-
leyways, subways or isolated parks or waste grounds
Try to keep both hands free and don’t walk with your hands in your pockets.
If a car drives alongside you and someone inside, who you don’t know well, starts talk-
ing to you – turn and quickly walk away in the opposite direction.
Never accept a lift with a stranger or someone you don’t know very well even if you
are cold, tired or you’re late.

Keep your mind on your surroundings – remember if you are wearing a personal stereo
or chatting on your mobile phone, you will not hear trouble approaching.
If you think you are being followed, trust your instincts and take action. As confi-
dently as you can, cross the road turning and looking to see who is behind you. If you
are still being followed, keep moving. Make for a busy area and tell people what is
happening.
Consider carrying a personal safety alarm, which can be used to shock and disorien-
tate an attacker giving you vital seconds to get away.
All students who travel to or from school on public or contract buses or coaches are
reminded that the high standards of behaviour which we expect in school should also
apply on your way to and from school. St Francis has a very good reputation which can
easily be spoiled by one or two thoughtless individuals. Unfortunately this is not al-
ways the case. In some circumstances offenders who have been identified have been
prohibited from travelling on the bus.
Students should not do anything which may distract the driver or upset other pas-
sengers, particularly those who share the bus with members of the public. In addition
when waiting for or getting off the buses students should behave in a responsible
manner, respect for other people’s property and good manners should be maintained.
Parents are asked to reinforce the importance of this message to your children.
FOOD AND LITTER
Good behaviour also includes a responsible attitude towards the environment, particu-
larly the one which you travel in. There should be no need to consume large quantities
of food or drink on the relatively short journeys to and from school. Those who do
should put any wrappers, cans or bottles in an appropriate bin or, better still, take
them home and dispose of them responsibly.
SEAT BELTS: Should be worn wherever they are provided!!
We would like to emphasise the need for good behaviour on the buses.
The right to travel on school transport is always conditional upon good behaviour.
The school expects it. We want your children to travel in safety. Drivers can easily be
distracted.
Students who misbehave could lose the right to travel on school transport and can
have their passes withdrawn.

Index of Contents
Page
Information on Bus passes 6
Useful Telephone numbers for Lost Property or other query. 9
Transport information for Year 11 students and those 10

Students who are aged 16 and over.
Bus Pass Application Form 2010/2011 – Walsall 12
Public Bus Service Timetables 14
West Midlands Area School Bus Service Timetables 18
Central Connect School Bus Service Timetables 19
Staffordshire Area School Bus Service Timetables 21
Staffordshire Area Late Bus Services 24
Mr Tafano the School Transport Manager is available via the school office on 01922
740300 or on mobile 07990 894802 (E mail www.mtafano@stfrancis.cc) from 8.30am
until 4.30pm Monday to Friday in school term to answer any transport queries.
This document is also available on the school website at www.stfrancis.cc.

under General Information.

INFORMATION ON BUS PASSES
If you live in Walsall.
You can apply for a subsidised or free bus pass for your child from Walsall Local Au-
thority (see page 12 for an application form). The application form must be sent to
Walsall L.E.A not to the school. If you require a Central Connect pass then please
make this clear on your application.
The forms and further information can also be obtained from Walsall L.E.A. (Tel.
01922 686363).You will have to provide proof of address. If this is not your nearest
faith school you might not qualify for a free pass.
The school will issue passes on the first day back at school subject to you having ap-
plied and Walsall L.E.A having approved the application.
If you live in Dudley, Wolverhampton or Birmingham.
You would not normally be eligible for subsidised transport but you can apply to your
local authority for guidance and assistance. Most local authorities have school bus
pass information and application forms on their respective web sites.
If you pay your Council Tax to Sandwell.
You may be eligible to receive travel assistance from Sandwell L.A.

For guidance or in case of query. Contact. Trudy Saddington on 0121 569 8331 or
(E – Mail. trudy_saddington@sandwell.gov.uk) at Sandwell LEA.
If you live in Staffordshire (Except Cannock and Rugeley).
At present you will get free transport up to the age of 16 provided that your child is
Catholic. Check the timetables and put your child onto the appropriate coach on the
first day (Staffs L.A will have told you what service and pick up/drop off point).
Non Catholic students can apply to purchase vacant seat passes from Staffs L.A at a
cost of £410.
Passes are distributed at school or through the post.
If you have not received your pass or need guidance or have any query you should con-
tact Staffs L.A. on 01785 278679.
NOTE: - As from September 2011 Staffordshire County Council will not provide
free transport to new students. Parents should contact the council for clarifica-
tion. Further updates will be available on this site when available.

WALSALL, BROWNHILLS, KINGSTANDING, BLOXWICH, PELSALL, SHIRE
OAK, SHELFIELD, PERRY BARR, HAMSTEAD, GREAT BARR, PHEASEY
Walsall students on Travel West Midlands buses and those who use several buses to
get to school can apply for free Travel West Midlands passes. Students from Brown-
hills can apply for Centro passes.
Students who qualify will be issued with their free pass on the first day in school, but
they will have to pay on the first morning. In the case of lost or stolen passes please
contact West Midlands Travel on 01922 856100 to see if it has been handed into
them. If a pass is lost it can be replaced for a fee of £15 per term (you can insure
against loss, details are on the pass) contact Centro on 0121 214 7207 for a replace-
ment. Each pass comes in 3 parts. Keep the top 2 parts for reference.
PLEASE NOTE-Walsall Children’s Services DO NOT supply replacements.
Students who have WM or Scholars or Centro bus passes will also need to have a
Photo identity card by the end of September. These can be purchased (and a plastic
wallet) from the Travel West Midlands shop located in the main bus station in Wal-
sall.
If your child does not qualify for a free or subsidised pass they can pay cash or you
could buy a pass from a sales outlet: e.g. a Bus master (N Bus) or a Scholar’s pass. Ask
for advice because no bus pass is valid for all buses.
CENTRAL CONNECT (Service 738, 739 and 740)
Central Connect issue their own passes specifically for St Francis students. Students
from Walsall who are entitled to free passes and have applied for a Central Connect
pass will be issued with a temporary Central Connect pass on their first day in school.
Pupils must pay £1.35p on the bus on the first morning.
The temporary Central Connect pass will be valid for three weeks only. If a pass is
lost it can be replaced at a cost to the parent/guardian of £50.
If your child does NOT qualify for a subsidised pass (if you do not live in Walsall or
you live in Sandwell or Birmingham or if you live within 3 miles of another Catholic
school) then your child can pay cash on a daily basis £1.35p each way or you can pur-
chase a Central Connect travel pass. This pass cannot be used to travel on any other
bus.
The Central Connect travel pass costs £150 per term or £400 per year. If you wish
to purchase a pass send a photograph and a cheque (payable to Central Connect Lim-
ited) to Mr Tafano at school or directly to the company (Central Connect Limited,
Beacon House, Long Acre, Birmingham B7 5JJ).

Mr Tafano will issue students with a temporary pass to cover their travel until a Cen-
tral Connect pass is issued.
Route descriptions, timetables and terms and conditions of travel are available on the
company’s website, located at www.connectbuses.com
YEAR 7 PARENTS - IF YOUR CHILD IS USING CENTRAL CONNECT SERVICES

FOR THE FIRST TIME THEN THEY MUST BRING IN A PASSPORT SIZED
PHOTO ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR. The photograph
should be clearly marked on the back with the child's name.
No other pass is accepted on the 738, 739 or 740 services.
GENERAL INFORMATION ON PASSES.
NOTE: - Parents must re-apply for free school bus passes every July
If your application for free passes has not been successful then your child will have
to pay.
Where subsidised passes have NOT been granted or received or your child has
reached the age of 16 then parents should make alternative arrangements to
purchase passes or ensure that their child is provided with sufficient funds for
bus fare.
Students who need advice or assistance should contact Mr Tafano in the transport
office during the day.
Temporary passes for years 7 – 11 Staffordshire Services.
On occasion some students chose to visit their friends in the Staffordshire area. In
the interests of Safety any request made by a student in years 7 to 11 for a tempo-
rary pass to travel on a Staffordshire school bus service, must be made to Mr Tafano
and MUST be supported by an appropriate entry in the applicants homework diary
signed by a parent or guardian before a pass will be issued subject to availability.
The entry should include the students name and date of travel requested.
This provision also applies to those students that are already registered by Staf-
fordshire County Council to travel on these services and want to travel on another
service for any reason.

Useful Contact Numbers
Services 739, 740, 738, CENTRAL CONNECT LTD.

0121 322 2222 www.connectbuses.com
Services 159, 159C, TRAVEL WEST MIDLANDS.

01922 856199 www.timetables.centro.org.uk
Services 748,749,751,753, JKT International Travel.

01543 360123
Service 752, PKS Travel

01543 462569
Service 750, SOLUS TRAVEL

01827 51736
Service 756, Midland Rider

01902 305181 www.midlandbus.net/tt_westmidlands.htm
Service 56, Go West Midlands Diamond buses

0121 557 7337
CENTRO For Replacement Travel West Midland Passes

0121 214 7207
Travel West Midland – Lost Property

01922 856100
Bus Pass Contacts.
Walsall L.E.A. 01922 686363.
Birmingham LEA. 0121 303 4425
Sandwell LEA. 0121 569 8331 trudy_saddington@sandwell.gov.uk
Staffs L.E.A 01785 278679 student.transport@staffordshire.gov.uk

TRANSPORT INFORMATION FOR YEAR 11 STUDENTS AND
THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE AGED 16 OR OVER
In September of each year students will either return to our 6th form or go on to col-
lege. Please note the following:
STUDENTS WILL NO LONGER BE ENTITLED TO SUBSIDISED TRANSPORT

(apart from the Sandwell students).
Sandwell Students: At present you may be able to claim travel expenses. Collect an
application form from Mr Tafano or Contact Trudy Saddington on 0121 569 8331 and
ask for one or by E – Mail to. trudy_saddington@sandwell.gov.uk)
Staffordshire Students: Those of you who return to school will have to apply to pur-
chase a bus pass from the Integrated Transport Unit, DSD, Riverway, Stafford ST16
3TJ. Telephone No 01785 278679 or E-Mail student.transport@staffordshire.gov.uk.
The cost is £311 for Catholic students. Non Catholic students can apply for a vacant
seat pass at a cost of £410. If your family cannot afford the cost you could apply to
Staffordshire Council for assistance or speak to Mr Tafano, in certain circumstances
the school may be able to assist.
You will not be allowed to travel on the bus unless you purchase a pass.
Walsall, Birmingham Students: Once you reach the age of 16 you cannot buy a ‘child
rate’ pass or pay a ‘child rate’ fare unless you have a 16-18 ‘child rate’ photo card.
You can buy a bus child pass in August and use it until the middle of September, but
after that it will be invalid without a 16-18 photo card.
Applications for the 16-18 photo cards are available from Mr Tafano in school on your
second or third day back in school.
There is quite a choice of different bus passes; you should visit a travel shop (for ex-
ample in Walsall bus station) and make enquiries.
A child Centro card/scholars pass for example allows you to travel in the evenings and
on weekends on almost all buses (NOT THE 738,739,740,756).
A Term Plus card is good value but is only valid on West Midland buses. There are
one-week and one-term Bus master (N Bus) passes which are accepted on almost all
buses (NOT the 738,739,740).

If you travel on the Central Connect services 738, 739 or 740 you can pay cash
(£1.35. each way) or purchase a bus pass. Passes cost £400 for the year or £150 per
term. Central Connect will not accept any other passes.
If you wish to purchase a Central Connect pass then you should send a cheque, clearly
showing the applicants name (payable to Central Connect Limited) to Mr Tafano at
school or directly to the company (Central Connect Limited, Beacon House, Long Acre,
Birmingham B7 5JJ). Mr Tafano will issue you with a temporary pass to cover your
travel until a Central Connect pass is issued.

Walsall Children’s Services
Bus Pass Application Form 2010 - 2011

Please complete this form in full and return to: Home to School Transport, Walsall
Children’s Services, EDC, Pelsall Lane, Rushall, Walsall, WS4 1NG.
SECTION 1. Must be completed in full for all pupils.
Pupil’s Full Name.......................................................................................
Pupil’s Date of Birth....................................................................................
Pupil’s Home Address....................................................................................................
.............................................................................................................
................................................................................Postcode..................
How long have you lived at this address?....................Years....................Months
Home Telephone Number...................................................Mobile........................................
Year group from September

2010.................................................................................................
School to be attended from September 2010...Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Tech-

nical College, Erdington Road, Aldridge
PLEASE NOTE: NO BUS PASSES WILL BE ISSUED WITHOUT PROOF OF THE PU-
PIL’S ADDRESS ATTACHED TO EACH APPLICATION.
PROOF OF FREE SCHOOL MEALS (FSM) OR WORKING TAX CREDIT (WTC) MUST
BE ATTACHED TO EACH APPLICATION WHERE APPLICABLE.
SECTION 2. Must be completed by Parent / Carer.
Have you attached proof of the pupil’s address? YES / NO
Have you attached proof of FSM / WTC? YES / NO
Signature of Parent/Carer...........................................................................Date..................
Print name of Parent/Carer................................................................................................
Walsall Children’s Services

Education Development Centre
Pelsall Lane, Rushall,
Walsall WS4 1NG
Tel: 01922 686200

PUBLIC BUS SERVICE
TIMETABLES
Public Bus Services that can be used to travel to and from school
TRAVEL WEST MIDLANDS FROM WALSALL (Bus Station) to ALDRIDGE.
Pupils have to walk from Aldridge town centre into school.
Service 997
Morning: Afternoon:
Walsall Bus Station 8.15 4.15

Aldridge the Elms 8.31 4.00
TRAVEL WEST MIDLANDS FROM WALSALL to SUTTON COLDFIELD via AL-

DRIDGE
Service 6
Morning: Afternoon:
Lower Parade Sutton 8.05 4.08 4.38

Four Oaks Railway Station 8.10 4.03 4.30
Mere Green (The Union) 8.13 3.57 4.27
Forge Lane Church 8.20 3.51 4.21
Aldridge the Elms 8.28 3.44 4.14
Walsall Bus Station 8.25 4.25 4.55

Fernleigh Road 8.30 4.18 4.28
Aldridge the Elms 8.38 4.10 4.55
TRAVEL WEST MIDLANDS FROM WALSALL to CASTLEFORT VIA ALDRIDGE
Service 7 and 7A
Morning: Afternoon:
Walsall Bus Station 8.10 8.20 4.15 4.35

Hatherton Arms/Leigh Rd 8.14 8.24 4.10 4.31
Paddock Lane 8.23 8.33 4.02 4.22
Aldridge the Elms 8.25 8.35 4.00 4.20
TRAVEL WEST MIDLANDS FROM SUTTON COLDFIELD to KINGSTANDING
SERVICE 451
Morning: Afternoon:
Lower Parade Sutton 8.08 8.16 4.17 4.25

Beggars Bush/Tesco 8.18 8.26 4.07 4.15
Kingstanding Circle 8.24 8.36 4.01 4.09
For further Travel West Midlands timetable information go to

www.timetables.centro.org.uk.
DIAMOND BUSES: KINGSTANDING to ALDRIDGE
SERVICE 56
Morning: Afternoon:
Kingstanding Circle 8.04 8.24 3.53 4.23

Streetly, Foley Arms 8.12 8.32 3.45 4.15
Barr Common, Churnhill Road 8.16 8.36 3.41 4.11
Aldridge, Elms Hotel 8.19 8.39 3.45 4.15
DIAMOND BUSES: BROWNHILLS WEST, OGLEY HAY, BROWNHILLS to AL-

DRIDGE
SERVICE 56
Morning: Afternoon:
Watling Street, Rising Sun, Brownhills West 8.00 8.17 4.22 4.52
Chester Road North, the Parade, Ogley Hay 8.02 8.19 - -
High Street Stop BA Lichfield Road, Brownhills 8.03 8.20 4.19 4.49
High Street, Stop BB, Brickiln Street, Brownhills 8.03 8.20 4.19 4.49
Salter Road, Streets Corner, Castlefort 8.10 8.27 4.12 4.42
Walton Road, Walsall Wood Road, Leighswood 8.14 8.31 4.08 4.38
The Anchor, Stop AA, the Elms Aldridge 8.21 8.38 4.01 4.31
For further Diamond Bus timetable information go to

www.diamondbuses.com/black/timetables.aspx

ARRIVA BUSES: RUGELEY, HEDNESFORD, CANNOCK, NORTON CANES,
BROWNHILLS TO ALDRIDGE
SERVICE 32
Morning: Afternoon:
Rugeley Bus station 7.17 Aldridge the Elms 3.47 4.17

Hednesford Bus Station 7.30 Brownhills High Street 4.00 4.30
Cannock Bus Station 7.35 Norton Canes Library 4.18 4.48
Norton Canes Library 8.00 Cannock Bus Station 4.35 5.05
Brownhills High Street 8.20 Hednesford Bus Station 4.47 5.17
Aldridge the Elms 8.30 Rugeley Bus station 5.00 5.30
Further Arriva Bus timetable information can be found at.

www.arrivabus.co.uk/timetables
MIDLAND RIDER: WALSALL, RUSHALL, ALDRIDGE
SERVICE 35
Morning: Afternoon:
Walsall Bus Station 8.15 Aldridge 3.58

Rushall Daw End Lane 8.23 Barnes Lane/Linley Road 4.05
Barnes Lane/Linley Road 8.26 Rushall Daw End Lane 4.08
Aldridge 8.33 Walsall Bus Station 4.23
Route Description:
Walsall Bus Station, Hatherton Road, Lichfield Street, Lichfield Road, Winterley
Lane, Barns Lane, Westgate, Wharf Approach, Stubbers Green Road, Leighswood
Road, Aldridge Bypass, Portland Road, Anchor Road, Little Aston Road, Walsall Wood
Road, Stonnall Road, Malvern Drive. Returns Malvern Drive, Clifton Avenue, Druids
Avenue, Lazy Hill Road, Lancaster Avenue, Broadmeadow, Leighswood Avenue,
Northgate, AnchorRoad, then via reverse of outward route to Lichfield Street, then
Bridge Street, St Paul's Street, Walsall Bus Station.

MIDLAND RIDER: ALDRIDGE, BARR BEACON, KINGSTANDING.
SERVICE 75 Afternoons Only
Afternoon:
St Francis of Assisi 3.45
Barr Beacon Crossroads 3.49
Pheasey, Church 3.52
Waverley Ave/Park Farm Rd 4.01
Pheasey, Church 4.04
Shady Lane/Thorncliffe Rd 4.08
Kingstanding Circle 4.11
Route Description:
Service 75: Aldridge, Anchor Road, Portland Road, Erdington Road, Beacon Hill, Bea-
con Road, Pinfold Lane, Old Hall Lane,Beacon Road, Wimperis Way, Pomeroy Road,
Raeburn Road, Hillingford Avenue, Collingwood Drive, Waverley Avenue, Park
Farm Road, Ivanhoe Road, Stonehurst Road, Moreton Avenue, Beacon Road, Hilling-
ford Avenue, Collingwood Drive, KingsRoad, Shady Lane, Oscott School Lane, Old Os-
cott Hill roundabout, Oscott School Lane, Southgate, Templeton Road, Dunedin
Road, Kingstanding Road, Kingstanding Circle.
N work and Bus Master Passes accepted. Not Travel West Mid Passes, £1.00
Single Journey.
Further Midland Bus timetable information can be found at.

www.midlandbus.net/tt_westmidlands.htm

WEST MIDLANDS AREA SCHOOL
BUS SERVICE TIMETABLES
Specific Bus Services for students to travel directly into and from
school.
Service 159 – Operated by TRAVEL WEST MIDLANDS - BLOXWICH,

SHELFIELD, ALDRIDGE to St Francis of Assisi School
Single Journey 90p

Morning: Afternoon:
Garage (Carl St—Leamore) 8.16 4.14

Rosum Bloxwich. 8.18 4.12
Park Road, Bloxwich. 8.20 4.10
Lichfield Road, Bloxwich. 8.23 4.07
Millfield Nursery 8.25 4.05
Pelsall Finger Post/Cenotaph 8.32 3.58
High Heath 8.36 3.54
Lichfield Road Shelfield 8.43 3.47
Barns Lane 8.45 3.45
Stubbers Green Rd. 8.47 3.43
Leighswood Road 8.49 3.41
St Francis of Assisi School 8.50 3.40
Service 159C – Operated by TRAVEL WEST MIDLANDS - PELSALL.

SHELFIELD, WALSALL WOOD to St Francis of Assisi School.
Single Journey 90p

Morning: Afternoon:
Pelsall, Wolverhampton Road/Shortlands Lane. 8.23 4.05

Pelsall Finger Post/Cenotaph 8.24 4.02
Coronation Road 8.29 4.01
Mill Road 8.30 4.00
Spring Cottage Shelfield 8.31 3.59
Barons Court 8.35 3.55
Streets Corner 8.38 3.52
Northgate/Walton Road 8.42 3.48
Aldridge Post Office 8.48 3.42

Service 756 – Operated by MIDLAND RIDER - PERRY BARR via KINGSTAND-
ING CIRCLE and STREETLY to St Francis of Assisi School
SERVICE 756
N work and Bus Master Passes accepted. Not Travel West Mid Passes, £1.00
Single Journey, £1.70 Return Journey.
Morning: Afternoon;
Perry Barr-Collage Road, Boars Head 8.25 4.00

Kingstanding Police Station 8.30 3.55
Hundred Acre School 8.37 3.48
Starting from College Road, then Kingstanding Road past Kingstanding Circle. Then
Sutton Oak Road onto Bakers Lane. Aldridge Road to Hundred Acre Road then to
Bridle Lane. Ferndale Road to Blackwood Road, Foley Road West, Erdington Road to
School
Please Note that only cash fares or Central

Connect passes are valid on the following ser-
vices 738, 739 and 740.
Service 738 – Operated by CENTRAL CONNECT FROM WALSALL PLECK, FULL-

BROOK, SIX WAYS, BROADWAY and MELLISH ROAD TO St Francis of Assisi
School
Route: Erdington Road, Barr Common Road, Bosty Lane, Aldridge Road, Mellish Road,
Arboretum, Broadway North, Sutton Road, Six Ways, Birmingham Road, Broadway,
Broadway West and Wallows Lane to Morrison's Store.
Morning: Afternoon:
PleckMorrison's, Wallows Lane 8.10 4.04

Fullbrook, Fullbrook Public House 8.13 4.01
Walsall Six Ways / T.A. 8.22 3.56
Walsall Lichfield Rd/Mellish Rd 8.33 3.49
Fare: £1.35P one way flat rate fare regardless of journey length.

Service 739 – Operated by CENTRAL CONNECT FROM PERRY BARR, GREAT
BARR, PHEASEY, STREETLY TO St Francis of Assisi School.
Route: Erdington Road, Foley Road West, Wood Lane, Hardwick Arms, Chester Road,
Bridle Lane, Aldridge Road, Queslett Road, Schofields, Queslett Road, Walsall Road,
Perry Barr Station.
Morning: Afternoon:
Perry Barr Station 8.00 4.16

Great Barr, Queslett Rd/White crest 8.17 4.04
Queslett Rd (by Asda) 8.21 4.00
Aldridge Road/Bridle Lane 8.31 3.50
Service 740 – Operated by CENTRAL CONNECT FROM HAMSTEAD, GREAT

BARR, PARK HALL, BROADWAY and SUTTON ROAD TO St Francis of Assisi
School.
Route: Erdington Road, Barr Beacon Cross Roads, Sutton Road, Broadway North, Bir-
mingham Road, Sargents Hill, The Bell, Park Road, Lodge Road, Park Hall Road, Lons-
dale Road, The Bell, Birmingham Road, Scott Arms, Newton Road, Hamstead Road to
Hamstead Village. In the Morning buses start at Newton Road (adjacent to Mead-
owside Close), then via Newton Road, Hamstead Road, Old Walsall Road and Walsall
Road to Birmingham Road.
Morning: Afternoon:
Newton Road (Meadowside Close) 7.57 N/A

Hamstead Hill N/A 4.20
Hamstead Village 8.04 4.18
Holy Name Church 8.15 N/A
Birmingham Road opp Holy Name Church N/A 4.07
Park Hall Rd/Lodge Road Jct 8.22 4.00
The Broadway 8.30 3.54
Barr Beacon Cross Roads 8.40 3.45
Route descriptions, timetables and terms and conditions of travel are available on the
Central Connect website, located at www.connectbuses.com

STAFFORDSHIRE SCHOOL BUS
SERVICE TIMETABLES
Specific Bus Services for students to travel directly into and from
school.
Students should carry their passes every day and present them to the coach driver.
Students may be denied access if they cannot show a pass. Students should aim to
arrive in the morning at their designated stop at least 10 minutes prior to the sched-
uled arrival of the bus.
If a school coach or bus does not turn up on time in the morning students should wait
for at least 30 minutes. Sometimes delays occur due to traffic or weather, but the
coach will almost always turn up eventually.
If a pass is lost then a replacement can be obtained for £5 from: Integrated

Transport Unit, DSD, Riverway, Stafford ST16 3TJ. Telephone No 01785 278718/19.
E mail .If you have any concerns about the coach route or stops then you should also
write to the same office in Stafford.
The school can provide a 10-day temporary pass in certain circumstances.
BOLEHALL, GLASCOTE, AMINGTON, TAMWORTH.

Route No. 748 – Operated by JKT International (Coach)
Pick Up/Set down Morning: Afternoon:
Bolehall – Amington Road / Thomas Street 7.45 4.45

Bolehall – The Arches/Amington Rd (Bus Shelter) 7.47 4.43
Bolehall – Glascote Road / Thomas Street 7.50 4.40
Glascote – WMC Bus Stop (Glascote Rd) 7.51 4.39
Glascote – Glascote Road, Opp Dolphin Inn 7.52 4.38
Amington – Woodland Road / Jct Abelia 7.57 4.33
Amington – Woodland Road / Jct Jasmine Rd 8.00 4.30
Amington – Woodland Road / Mercian Way 8.02 4.28
Amington – Brindley Drive / Christchurch Rd 8.05 4.26
Amington – Brindley Drive (End of Road) 8.06 4.25
Amington – Tamworth Road / Mercian Way 8.08 4.22
Amington – Sheepcote Lane / Wesley Way 8.11 4.19
Tamworth – Leyland Road 8.15 4.15
St. Francis of Assisi - 8.50 3.40

HOPWAS, COTON, TAMWORTH, FAZELEY, MILEOAK.
Route No.749- Operated by JKT International (Coach)
Hopwas – Bus Stop by Tame Otter Public House 7.50 4.40

Coton – Coton Lane Bus Stop opp Helmingham 7.52 4.38
Tamworth – Fontenaye Road Shops 7.55 4.30
Tamworth – Gillway / Windmill Close 7.56 4.28
Tamworth – Browns Lane / Bensons View 7.58 4.27
Tamworth – Ashby Rd South / Jct Perrycrofts 7.59 4.26
Tamworth – Upper Gungate / Jct Croft Street 8.01 4.24
Tamworth – Fire Station (Lichfield Street) 8.05 4.20
Tamworth – Peelers Way / Campion Drive 8.10 4.15
Fazeley – Jet Auto Centre Garage, A5 Fazeley 8.16 4.09
Fazeley – Lichfield Street / Deer Park Road 8.18 4.07
Mile Oak – Sutton Road /Gainsborough Drive 8.20 4.05
STONEYDELPH, QUARRY HILL, TAMWORTH, HOCKLEY, DOSTHILL

Route No. 750 – Operated by Solus Travel (Coach)
Stoneydelph -
Pennine Way/Malham Road 7.55 4.35
Quarry Hill –
B5404/ Jct Falcon 8.00 4.30
Tamworth –
Hockley Road / Jct Tinkers Green Road 8.05 4.25
Hockley –
Overwoods Rd / Jct Tamar Rd 8.07 4.23
Dosthill -
Hedging Lane Bus Stop/Jct Ninian Way 8.12 4.22
Opposite Invotec
Dosthill – Hedging Lane / Cadogan Rd 8.13 4.17
Tamworth – Dosthill Rd.opp Jct Whiting 8.15 4.15
Tamworth – A51 Tamworth Rd- o/s Two Gates WMC 8.17 4.13
TAMWORTH, STONEYDELPH, GLASCOTE HEATH, WILNECOTE, BELGRAVE,

DRAYTON BASSETT
Tamworth – Pennine Way / Pennymoor Road 7.45 4.40

Stoneydelph – Malham Road, Opp Middlesmoor 7.47 4.38

Stoneydelph - Malham Road / Jct Loughshaw 7.49 4.36
Stoneydelph - Fossdale Road / Jct Grindsbrook 7.51 4.34
Stoneydelph – Pennine Way, Opp Ellerbeck 7.53 4.32
Stoneydelph – Chiltern Road / Deerhill 7.55 4.30
Glascote Heath – Sacred Heart Church (Silverlink Rd) 8.00 4.25
Glascote Heath – Silverlink Road / Jct Ivatt. 8.02 4.23
Belgrave – Marlborough Way /
Bus Stop @ Glascote Rd End 8.05 4.20
Wilnecote – St. Gabriels School, Wilnecote Lane 8.07 4.18
Belgrave – Wilnecote Lane / Ninefoot Lane 8.09 4.16
Drayton Bassett – Church 8.19 4.06
CLIFTON CAMPVILLE, HARLASTON, EDINGALE, FRADLEY, STREETHAY,

LICHFIELD, SHENSTONE
Route No. 752 – Operated by PKS Travel (Minibus)
Clifton Campville – St Andrews Primary School 7.45 4.45

Harlaston – The White Lion PH 7.50 4.40
Edingale – Croxall Road / Moores Croft 7.54 4.35
Fradley – Common Lane/Turnbull Road 8.04 4.25
Streethay – 55 Burton Road, Lichfield 8.11 4.20
Lichfield – Trent Valley Road, Bus Stop opposite
ALDI/ St Michaels Road 8.13 4.18
Lichfield – Birmingham Road / Nr. Ivanhoe Road 8.15 4.15
Lichfield – Walsall Road (A461) / Angorfa Close 8.19 4.13
Shenstone – The Memorial 8.32 3.55
Shenstone (Wood End) – Bus Stop opposite ‘Croft Farm’,
Birmingham Rd. 8.36 3.52
HAMMERWICH, LICHFIELD and STONNALL

Hammerwich - Ashmore Club, Mere Ash Lane. 7.35 4.01

Lichfield – Rykneld Street / the Spires 7.55 4.27
Lichfield – Austin Cote Lane / Cornfield Drive 7.57 4.25
Lichfield – Eastern Avenue / Brownsfield Road 8.00 4.22
Lichfield – Dimbles Lane (St Chads Health Centre),
Weston Road 8.04 4.18

Lichfield –
Beacon Street opposite ‘News Express’ 8.06 4.16
Lichfield -
Sainte Foye Avenue, Bus stop after
Burwaye Close 8.11 4.11
Stonnall – Cartersfield Lane / Berryfields 8.29 3.56
Stonnall – Main Street outside the Ex Post Office 8.30 3.55
STAFFORDSHIRE STUDENTS LATE SERVICES
There is a late service available to Staffordshire students. This service leaves the
school at 5pm. on both Tuesdays and Thursdays. Parents should be aware that there
are only a limited number of drop-off points in Tamworth and Lichfield and all arrival
times are approximate. Students have to sign in at reception during break or the
lunch hour on the day in question; if no-one signs in by 1.40 p.m. then the service will
be cancelled.
St. Francis of Assisi School to TAMWORTH AND LICHFIELD

ALL ARRIVAL TIMES ARE APPROXIMATE
St. Francis of Assisi - 5.00

Tamworth - Belgrave - St Gabriel's Catholic School 5.20
Tamworth - Glascote Heath - Sacred Heart Church (Silverlink Road) 5.25
Tamworth - Bus Station/Bus Garage (Aldergate) 5.35
Lichfield - Bus Station (Birmingham Road) 5.55
Temporary passes for years 7 to 11 - Staffordshire Services.
In the interests of Health and Safety any request made by a student for a temporary
pass to travel on a Staffordshire school bus service other than the one they regularly
travel on, MUST be supported by an appropriate entry in the applicants homework
diary signed by a parent or guardian before a pass will be issued subject to availabil-
ity. The entry should include the students name and date of travel requested.
Mr Tafano the School Transport Manager is available via the school office on 01922
740300 or on 07990 894802 (E mail www.mtafano@stfrancis.cc) from 8.30am until
4.30pm Monday to Friday in school term to answer any transport queries.
Further information on home to school transport is available on the school web-

site at www.stfrancis.cc, under General Information.

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St Francis of Assisi

Catholic Technology College

Erdington Road, Aldridge, Walsall, WS9 0RN

The school experiences relatively few problems with transport.

St Francis Transport Page 2 Updated 26/01/2011

AT ALL TIMES WHILST DRIVING ON SCHOOL

BASIC RULES FOR SAFETY AND BEHAVIOUR ON TRANSPORT

If possible, wait for a bus in a well-lit place near other people.

Walking to & from the bus stop.

St Francis Transport Page 3 Updated 26/01/2011

FOOD AND LITTER

SEAT BELTS: Should be worn wherever they are provided!!

St Francis Transport Page 4 Updated 26/01/2011

Information on Bus passes 6

Useful Telephone numbers for Lost Property or other query. 9

Transport information for Year 11 students and those 10

Bus Pass Application Form 2010/2011 – Walsall 12

Public Bus Service Timetables 14

West Midlands Area School Bus Service Timetables 18

Central Connect School Bus Service Timetables 19

Staffordshire Area School Bus Service Timetables 21

Staffordshire Area Late Bus Services 24

This document is also available on the school website at www.stfrancis.cc.

St Francis Transport Page 5 Updated 26/01/2011

If you live in Walsall.

If you live in Dudley, Wolverhampton or Birmingham.

If you pay your Council Tax to Sandwell.

You may be eligible to receive travel assistance from Sandwell L.A.

If you live in Staffordshire (Except Cannock and Rugeley).

Passes are distributed at school or through the post.

St Francis Transport Page 6 Updated 26/01/2011

CENTRAL CONNECT (Service 738, 739 and 740)

St Francis Transport Page 7 Updated 26/01/2011

YEAR 7 PARENTS - IF YOUR CHILD IS USING CENTRAL CONNECT SERVICES

No other pass is accepted on the 738, 739 or 740 services.

GENERAL INFORMATION ON PASSES.

Temporary passes for years 7 – 11 Staffordshire Services.

St Francis Transport Page 8 Updated 26/01/2011

Services 739, 740, 738, CENTRAL CONNECT LTD.

Services 159, 159C, TRAVEL WEST MIDLANDS.

Services 748,749,751,753, JKT International Travel.

Service 752, PKS Travel

Service 750, SOLUS TRAVEL

Service 756, Midland Rider

Service 56, Go West Midlands Diamond buses

CENTRO For Replacement Travel West Midland Passes

Travel West Midland – Lost Property

Bus Pass Contacts.

Walsall L.E.A. 01922 686363.

Birmingham LEA. 0121 303 4425

Sandwell LEA. 0121 569 8331 trudy_saddington@sandwell.gov.uk

Staffs L.E.A 01785 278679 student.transport@staffordshire.gov.uk

St Francis Transport Page 9 Updated 26/01/2011

STUDENTS WILL NO LONGER BE ENTITLED TO SUBSIDISED TRANSPORT

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St Francis Transport Page 11 Updated 26/01/2011

Bus Pass Application Form 2010 - 2011

SECTION 1. Must be completed in full for all pupils.

Pupil’s Full Name.......................................................................................

Pupil’s Date of Birth....................................................................................

Pupil’s Home Address....................................................................................................

How long have you lived at this address?....................Years....................Months

Home Telephone Number...................................................Mobile........................................