QS 200 Red Route

Route Description: Bradley Road A6107, Bradley Bar Roundabout, Bradford Road, Spaines Road, Birkby Hall Road, Birkby Road, Halifax Road A629, Thornhill Road, Hungerford Road, Halifax Road, Edgerton Road, New North Road, Ring Road Slip, Castlegate A62, Unna Way, Southgate, Wakefield Road A629, Penistone Road A629, Rowwley Lane B6433, Wakefield Road A642, New Road, Bridge Road, Quarry Hill, Southfield Lane, Northfield Lane, Horbury Road, Dewsbury Road A638, Westgate End, Westgate, Mulberry Way, Bell Street, Bond Street, Wentworth Street

 

Afternoon - Departs School at 16:15 - Travels in reverse of above route

 

Costs per passenger - options

 

Advance Payments Contract

£73 Booking Deposit

£785 By 31st August

£785 By 1st February

Total Paid £1,653

 

Monthly Payments Contract

£83 Booking Deposit

£165.40 By 31st August

Then £165.40 Monthly - 9 payments by 28th of every month September to May

Total Paid £1,737

 

How to Pay

By Card from your CTS Bus on-line account at https://bookings.ctsbus.co.uk/

or

By Internet Banking or Standing Order to :-

Account Name - CTS Bus Ltd

Sort Code - 20-35-84

Account Number - 43056708

Reference - (add your booking reference number) eg BR1234

 

You are commiting to a fixed period, single academic year, Contract regardless of how often you use the Home to School Bus Service. Payments must be made on time even if the service is interupted for any reason. CTS Bus are likewise commiting to provide the service for every day the school is open. You should be aware that the coach company can suspend or cancel a journey due to weather or other external event beyond the control of CTS Bus Ltd. No reunds will ge given for loss of journeys.

 

If you have any questions about your booking please send an email to seats@ctsbus.co.uk

 

We are delighted to advise that CTS Launch new services for 2026 / 2027 academic year. After 3 years away due to school awarding the travel arrangements to a company based in the South of England. We are now back offering our dedicated private services for Home to School travel to Wakefield. This is an annual contract and a comitment to provide the high level of service CTS provides to its passengers.

 

Parents should view and discuss the Code of Practice with their children prior to using the bus. The Travel Pass is an important part of the contract and must be shown to the driver when boarding the bus both in the morning and afternoon. The QR Code will be scanned when boarding the bus. Replacement passes can be provided when a Travel Pass is lost, but there is a charge of £5 for each replacement pass. You will be sent your travel pass by Email from Shuttle ID in August.

 

It is important that you make CTS Bus aware of any special needs that we should know about regarding the use of the school buses. Including mobility, medical or any other factors for which we might have to offer assistance. We are an inclusive organisation who will at all times work to treat everyone equally.

 

It is advisable to have an emergency plan for if you miss the bus. They do not wait for passengers and pupils should ensure they leave school on time in the afternoon so as not to miss the bus. There is no provision for transport for after school activities or when a delay may be caused by detention or other external factors.

 

Morning Snow or early school closures that may delay or cause the buses to be cancelled will be advised by Text to those affected and a notice placed on our web site. Please do not call our office or out of hours number before 07:00 to check if the buses are running due to overnight snow. We will not be able to give you an answer untill the text messages and web site notice has been issued. If we do not run a service in the morning due to weather we DO NOT run the afternoon journey as well. This is to deter parents taking risks to get children to school who might then expect us to collect them in the afternoon. We do bring everyone home if the school has to close early due to weather and we liase closely with school and will advise parents of our planned departure time when ever it is necessary to return early from school.

 

All lost property is taken to the bus depots at the end of the shift. Where possible we try to return things on the bus route on the next available journey. So if anything is lost the first thing to do is check with your driver. Items remaining unclaimed at the end of the week are returned to school or held for 1 month at our offices. After 1 month items are disposed of and cannot be reclaimed.

 

In case of any emergency or if a passenger needs assistance or help please ensure they know our office number, where any concern or problem on the bus can be dealt with.

 

Where reference is made to a Departure Date, that is the end date of the annual contract and is usually dated as the end of July each Year. The buses operate on all Term Dates as shown on each of the schools web sites.