TRANSPORT GUIDE 2023/24
Welcome Dear Parents/Guardians,
Thank you for taking the time to look at coach service guide for the 2023-2024 academic year. The guide, which sets out the wide range of travel options available to the pupils at The Royal Masonic School for Girls. All bookings for school coach routes can be made by contacting the school after viewing them at rmsforgirls.vectare.co.uk. The website also incorporates an interactive journey planner which allows you to enter your postcode and find your closest bus stop.
The late services are also on the website, and should you need to book this service this can be done via the school portal. I hope that you are able to find a travel solution that works for you and your daughter. If you need any further assistance, or you would like to discuss travel options from areas not currently served by our school coach network, please contact Elaine Hoile at bursarspa@rmsforgirls.com.
Kind regards, This guide provides an overview of the school coach service network and contains further details including fare and timetable information. If you have any further questions on the network, please do not hesitate to contact Elaine Hoile at bursarspa@rmsforgirls.com.
Emma Ghosh Director of Finance and Operations
from berkhamsted
Route Map
Lay-by outside Lussmans, High St Berkhamsted (pm), Lay-by outside W.H.Smith High St Berkhamsted (am)
Oakwood, junction of Shootersway and Cross Oak Rd, Berkamstead hemel hempstead
st albans abbey (saa)
Please note: This map shows AM routes only. Hemel Hempstead Station, (station forecourt)
how wood (hertfordshire) (hww)
apsley
Oscars Pizza, High Street Kings Langley (am), Post Office, junction Common Lane Kings Langley (pm)
Zone
B
Bus stop outside Catholic Church, Dunny Lane (am), Garden Scene, Chapel Croft Chipperfield (pm)
M1 garston
kings langley
M25
Zone
B
Bus Stop outside Esso Garage, Radlett High Street
A
from great missenden (gmn)
The Boot Public House, Sarratt
Bus Stop at Watford Rd jct Gills Hill Lane (am)Bus Stop by Dellfield Close, Watford Road (pm)
amersham chalfront & latimer
watford north
Lay-by opposite Watford Town Hall, Rickmansworth Rd (am) Bus Stop behind Town Hall by Library, Hempstead Rd (pm)
Carlton Clocks Chenies Parade Little Chalfont
M25
Narcot Lane (Yalden Garden Centre) Chalfont St Giles
rickmansworth
The Feathers, Chalfont St Giles
Beaconsfield, bus Seer Green, the Church, in stop junction Wilton Church Rd Rd/Ledborough Lane Beaconsfield outside Waitrose
A
Gravel Hill/ Rickmansworth Lane
seer green & jordans
Bus Stop at Bushey & Oxhey Station
bushey
carpenders park
Bus stop at junction with The Chase, Uxbridge Rd, Stanmore
Bus stop by Northwood Golf Course
Bus Stop before Northwood Hills Bus stop opposite junction with Hatch End Station northwood Briarwood Drive
Thirlmere Gardens, Rickmansworth Road, Northwood
Market Place, Chalfont St Peter
beaconsfield
Bus Stop opposite Red House PH, Watford Rd, Croxley Green Bus Stop at Croxley Met Station (pm) Bus stop by zebra crossing at Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood
Zone Amersham Rd / Misbourne Avenue
Bus Stop near Queens School, Bushey James Close, Aldenham Rd
chorleywood
A355
St John’s Church, Church Lane
watford junction
All Saints Church, The Green, Croxley Green
from high wycombe
Corner of Williams Way, Radlett
Newlands Avenue (Junction of Park Avenue)
Zone
hatch end
Iron Bridge at junction with Chestnut Avenue
Austenwood Common (Three Oaks)
Zone
B
gerrards cross
East Common, Oxford Rd, Gerrards Cross M40
Bus stop opposite Pinner Green Playing Fields, Pinner Green north harrow
denham denham golf club
Village Rd, Denham
Tatling End, Capswood Ind Estate
West Ruislip Station, High Road, West Ruislip
west ruislip
Bus stop opposite Leefe Robinson, Miller & Carter Restaurant, Harrow Weald
Bus stop at Paines Lane junction with Uxbridge Rd northwood hills
Opposite Costa Coffee, Packhorse Rd Gerrards Cross
London Rd Shops, bus stop Canons Corner, Stanmore
Ladygate Lane, Bury St, Ruislip
from harrow-on -the-hill
from headstone lane
Hop and Vine, High St, Ruislip
ruislip gardens south ruislip
A40
Farnham Common, Beaconsfield Rd, lay by between Spring Lane and Kennedy Cl
Hillingdon Station, Long Lane, Hillingdon
Zone
B
M25
from northolt
Radlett Stanmore
Hillingdon T:A: Centre, Honeycroft Hill, Uxbridge
Beaconsfield Chalfonts & Gerrards Cross Berkhamsted Uxbridge
Station Road, Cowley
National Rail Underground Overground Bus stop
King’s Church, High Street, Iver
Timetable
Late Coach 2 (Stanmore & Radlett) Price Band
Radlett Price Band
Pick Up Points
Pick Up
Set Down
Depart RMS
5:45 pm
B
Northwood, Iron Bridge
6:05 pm
B
Pinner Green, Bus stop
6:07 pm
B
Hatch End Station
6:15 pm
B
Harrow Weald, Miller & Carter
6:20 pm
B
Bushey & Oxhey Station
6:40 pm
B
Bushey, Queens’ School
6:45 pm
B
Radlett, High Street
6:55 pm
Corner of Williams Way, Radlett
7:10 am
5:10 pm
B
Bus Stop outside Esso Garage, Radlett High Street
7:15 am
5:00 pm
B
Newlands Avenue (Junction of Park Avenue)
7:18 am
4:57 pm
B
Bus Stop at Watford Rd jct Gills Hill Lane (am) Bus Stop by Dellfield Close, Watford Road (pm)
7:20 am
4:55 pm
B
St John‘s Church, Church Lane
7:25 am
4:50 pm
B
Bus Stop near Queens School, Bushey
7:30 am
4:45 pm
B
James Close, Aldenham Road
7:32 am
4:42 pm
Price Band
B
Bus Stop at Bushey & Oxhey Station
7:35 am
4:39 pm
B
A
Lay-by opposite Watford Town Hall, Rickmansworth Road (am) Bus Stop behind Town Hall by Library, Hempstead Road (pm)
7:40 am
4:34 pm
A
Bus Stop opposite Red House PH, Watford Rd, Croxley Green Bus Stop at Croxley Met Station
7:45 am
4:29 pm
-
Arrival at RMS/ Departure from RMS
8:15 am
4:15 pm
Price Band
Pick Up Points
Pick Up
Set Down
B
London Rd Shops, bus stop Canons Corner, Stanmore
7:25 am
5:00 pm
B
Bus stop at junction with The Chase, Uxbridge Rd, Stanmore
7:28 am
4:52 pm
B
Bus stop opposite Leefe Robinson, Miller & Carter Restaurant, Harrow Weald
7:30 am
4:50 pm
B
Bus stop opposite Hatch End Station
7:35 am
4:45 pm
B
Bus stop at Paines Lane junction with Uxbridge Rd
7:40 am
4:40 pm
B
Bus stop opposite Pinner Green Playing Fields, Pinner Green
7:45 am
B
Bus Stop before Northwood Hills junction with Briarwood Drive
B
Set Down
B
B
Stanmore
Pick Up Points
Uxbridge Pick Up Points
Pick Up
Set Down
King’s Church, High Street, Iver
7:15 am
5:10 pm
B
Station Road, Cowley
7:20 am
5:05 pm
B
Hillingdon T:A: Centre, Honeycroft Hill, Uxbridge
7:25 am
4:58 pm
B
Hillingdon Station, Long Lane, Hillingdon
7:35 am
4:48 pm
B
West Ruislip Station, High Road, West Ruislip
7:40 am
4:43 pm
B
Hop and Vine, High St, Ruislip
7:50 am
4:38 pm
B
Ladygate Lane, Bury St, Ruislip
7:55 am
4:32 pm
A
Thirlmere Gardens, Rickmansworth Road, Northwood
8:05 am
4:25 pm
-
Arrival at RMS/Departure from RMS
8:15 am
4:15 pm
Pick Up
Set Down
Beaconsfield Price Band
Pick Up Points
B
Farnham Common, Beaconsfield Rd, lay by between Spring Lane and Kennedy Close
7:10 am
5:10 pm
4:35 pm
B
Beaconsfield outside Waitrose
7:22 am
4:50 pm
7:48 am
4:32 pm
B
Beaconsfield, bus stop junction Ledborough Lane / Wilton Road
7:25 am
4:45 pm
Iron Bridge at junction with Chestnut Avenue
7:49 am
4:31 pm
B
Seer Green, the Church, in Church Road
7:30 am
4:40 pm
A
Bus stop by Northwood Golf Course
7:50 am
4:30 pm
B
Narcot Lane (Yalden Garden Centre) Chalfont St Giles
7:32 am
4:37 pm
A
Bus stop by zebra crossing at Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood
7:59 am
4:25 pm
B
The Feathers, Chalfont St Giles
7:40 am
4:35 pm
-
Arrival at RMS/Departure from RMS
8:15 am
4:15 pm
A
Chalfont Clocks, Chalfont Station Rd, Little Chalfont
7:45 am
4:25 pm
-
RMS Girls School
8:15 am
4:15 pm
Chalfonts & Gerrards Cross Price Band
Pick Up Points
Pick Up
Set Down
B
Amersham Road/Misbourne Avenue
7:18 am
5:13 pm
B
Gravel Hill/Rickmansworth Lane
7:22 am
5:08 pm
B
Market Place, Chalfont St Giles
7:24 am
5:03 pm
B
Austenwood Common (Three Oaks)
7:26 am
4:56 pm
B
Opposite Costa Coffee, Packhorse Road, Gerrards Cross
7:30 am
4:50 pm
B
East Common, Oxford Road, Gerrards Cross
7:34 am
4:41 pm
B
Tatling End, Capswood Ind. Estate
7:35 am
4:40 pm
B
Village Road, Denham
7.40 am
4:30 pm
-
RMS Girls School
8:15 am
4:15 pm
Late Coach 1 (Gerrards Cross & Beaconsfield) Price Band
Pick Up Points
Set Down
B
Depart RMS
5:45 pm
B
Little Chalfont, Chalfont Clocks
6:00 pm
B
Chalfont St Giles, Wheelhouse Vets
6:10 pm
B
Chalfont St Peter, Market Place
6:18 pm
B
Chalfont St Peter/Gerrards Cross, 3 Oaks Pub
6:23 pm
B
Gerrards Cross, High Street
6:26 pm
B
Gerrards Cross, A40 Bulstrode Court
6:29 pm
B
Beaconsfield, bus stop Ledborough Lane, junction Wilton Rd
6:39 pm
B
Beaconsfield High Street, Waitrose
6:41 pm
B
Farnham Common, Beaconsfield Rd lay by between Spring Lane
6:53 pm
How To Book
Berkhamsted Price Band
Pick Up Points
Pick Up
Set Down
B
Layby outside Lussmans High Street Berkhamsted, outside W.H.Smith
7:05 am
5:20 pm
B
Oakwood, junction of Shootersway and Cross Oak Rd, Berkamstead
7:10 am
5:10 pm
B
Hemel Hempstead Station, (station forecourt)
7:20 am
4:55 pm
B
Oscars Pizza, High Street Kings Langley (am), Post Office, junction Common Lane King Langley
7:30 am
4:40 pm
B
Bus stop outside Catholic Church, Dunny Lane (am), Garden Scene, Chapel Croft Chipperfield
7:35 am
4:35 pm
A
The Boot Public House, Sarratt
7:40 am
4:30 pm
A
All Saints Church, The Green, Croxley Green
7:50 am
4:20 pm
-
Arrival at RMS/Departure from RMS
8:15 am
4:15 pm
1
Scan the QR code or go to rmsforgirls.vectare.co.uk to locate your nearest stop and book ad-hoc or regular travel.
2
Complete the booking form on My School Portal.
3
Contact Elaine Hoile at bursarspa@rmsforgirls.com if you have any questions.
Fares Price Band
Terms & Conditions Commitment
£ per term
Min price per journey
Return journey 4-5 days per week
£400/term
£3.55
Return journey 1-3 days per week
£320/term
£4.73
One-way 4-5 days per week
£280/term
£4.97
One-way 1-3 days per week
£210/term
£6.21
A
Return journey 4-5 days per week
£650/term
£5.77
Return journey 1-3 days per week
£520/term
£7.69
One-way 4-5 days per week
£455/term
£8.08
One-way 1-3 days per week
£300/term
£8.88
Ad-hoc journey
-
£20.00
B
A
B
• The price band for each route depends on the bus stop used – please see the pages below with the bands set out for each bus stop. • Please be aware that priority will be given to pupils booking onto the coach services for return journeys 4-5 times per week. • The minimum price per journey illustrated assumes that parents make full use of the service for the maximum days in the relevant band. • A half-term’s notice is required should you wish to withdraw your daughter from the coach service.
• Parents may swap between bus routes on relevant days subject to availability with no additional cost, but the school must be notified in advance. • Where a route has an associated late coach, this can be used at no additional charge providing return or full service has been booked, but we will require parents to notify the school where the late coach will be used so we can ensure the vehicle is appropriately sized. • Ad hoc journeys are chargeable at a flat rate of £20 per journey.
1. This agreement is made between all school coach passengers, their parents and The Royal Masonic For Girls (RMS For Girls) in order to provide safe, comfortable and civilised journeys for all passengers. 2. Arrangements for child’s journeys to and from school are the responsibility of their parents. To assist with discharging this responsibility, RMS provides a school coach service. Parents are responsible for their daughter at all times including both prior and after boarding and alighting. 3. Transport on the school coach service must be arranged in advance and is billed via the termly fee bill in advance. 4. Bookings on the school coach service are non- refundable in the event of a pupil failing to travel.
A £20 charge is levied per single journey for individual trips depending on location. 9. No pupil is permitted to travel on the school coach service if not pre-booked for that coach. Other arrangements for journeys to and from school must be made by them or their parents. 10. Pupils must travel to and from RMS in full school uniform (except on approved non-uniform days). 11. Pupils should be at the bus stop 5 minutes before the scheduled time of departure, to ensure they do not miss the service 12. Good conduct is required at all times. Shouting, use of foul language, dropping litter, playing music, or any other misbehaviour is strictly forbidden.
5. All bookings for school bus routes can be made by contacting the school after viewing them at rmsforgirls.vectare.co.uk.
13. Except when embarking or disembarking, all passengers must remain seated with their seat belts fastened correctly.
6. Each pupil for whom an online form has been submitted will be added to a coach list detailing the service they travel on, their bus stop and what travel has been paid for. Their name will appear on a list, which will be checked by the driver.
14. Whilst on a school coach, all passengers must accept, without question, the authority of a RMS member of staff, transport company official or coach monitor who may ask them to obey any reasonable instruction such as to pick up litter, desist from certain actions or to move to a different seat.
7. It will be the parent’s responsibility to inform the school via the Contact Us form on the website if they no longer wish for their daughter to use the school coach service. A half terms’ notice must be given by a parent prior to the removal of a pupil from the school coach service. 8. If you wish for your daughter to use the school coach service on an adhoc basis, or to vary the details of their coach travel as a one-off, please contact ElaineHoilebursarspa@rmsforgirls.com.
15. Failure to comply with these conditions may result in disciplinary action, including temporary or permanent withdrawal of permission to use the school coach service. 16. RMS aims for 95% of journeys to operate within the transport industry window of tolerance of one minute early to five minutes late, however timings may vary due to traffic conditions or unforeseen circumstances. Drivers will not wait past the scheduled departure time.
Produced by Vectare for Royal Masonic School For Girls. © Vectare 2024. Timetable, route and fare information is correct as of January 2024. This guide is produced for information only. We cannot be held liable for any errors or omissions or for any loss or damages caused, howsoever arising and including consequential losses, as a result of the use of this Guide. Please note that coach routes are subject to change.