morebus routes 7A/7B/7C are a group of council-supported bus routes in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, which runs from Upper Parkstone to areas nearby.
History[]
Current route[]
This group of routes all depart at Upper Parkstone Co-op. Routes 7A/7B departs at the eastbound stop, and route 7C departs at the westbound stop.
Route 7A runs on Albert Road, Rossmore Road, Ringwood Road, makes a anti-clockwise loop in Alderney East, then returns on the same route back to Upper Parkstone.
Route 7B runs on the same route as route 7A on departure until Stanfield Road, then enters Bloxworth via Arne Avenue, makes a clockwise loop there in Bloxworth, then returns on the same route back to Upper Parkstone, and finally makes a loop around Waitrose to return to the eastbound stop.
Route 7C runs west via Ashley Road to Sea View, then enter residential streets near Branksome Heath Junior School and Branksome Cemetery, then serves Alderney and Tower Park, and returns on the same route back.
Service level[]
This group of routes only operate Monday - Saturday daytime, with 4 departures on 2-hour headway on each of routes 7A/7B/7C, departing every 40 minutes from Upper Parkstone in the order 7C → 7B → 7A.
Service starts as route 7A from Alderney East at 09:33, and ends at the final departure of route 7A from Upper Parkstone at 17:15 terminating at Alderney East at 17:32.
Fare[]
This group of routes are totally located within zone A.
Fleet[]
This group of routes is served using one Optare Solo midibus (37XX). In August 2021, the fixed bus serving this group of routes is 3716 (MX53 FEF).
On school days, the bus runs on morebus route 414 before serving this route.