New Park & Ride for Walsgrave Hospital

Travel West Midlands, in partnership with the Walsgrave NHS Trust, has been chosen to run a new Park & Ride bus service for hospital employees.The shuttle bus service, 777, has been introduced to alleviate parking problems during the re-development of the hospital site. The Park & Ride facility is for hospital staff only and will shuttle employees between Walsgrave Hospital and the Showcase Cinema car park.Julie Giles, TWM’s Operations Director, said: "We were more than happy to assist in the arrangement of a new Park & Ride shuttle bus service for Walsgrave Hospital employees. The service will benefit staff working at the hospital and will be specially branded for easy identification." Peter Marsh, Director of Planning at Walsgrave Hospital, said: "Building our new super hospital means that we will have less car parking spaces on the hospital site for the next few years. Travel West Midlands has given us the solution. Together with Showcase Cinemas we are now able to give our staff a very fast and convenient bus service so that they can park off site and be driven to work in comfort."The Park & Ride facility was officially launched by Travel West Midlands’ Operations Director, Julie Giles, at the Walsgrave Hospital bus stop with Bernard Delaney, Area Director South, and John Richardson, Head of Communications at Walsgrave Hospital.

Published 14th June 2002