Fancy hiring a bike for a term? The University of Kent work with CyclingAge to provide a bike hire scheme for students. You can hire a bike for £30 per term plus a deposit (£50, £75 or £100 depending on the bike).

Bike Hire Dates

Saturday 16 January 9:00-15:00 – outside the Gulbenkian.

Sunday 17 January 9:00-15:30 – outside the Gulbenkian.

Wednesday 20 January- West Oast cycle garage in Park Wood.

Dr Bike- free bicycle check ups

Every Wednesday between 08:30 and 15:30 the friendly guys at CyclingAge are up at West Oast Cycle garage in Park Wood to check over your bikes for free, whether you have hired from them or not.

For more information

Email: uokcycle@cyclingage.co.uk

Facebook: www.facebook.com/DrBikeatUoK/

Transport Team twitter: @unikent_travel

Fancy hiring a bike for a term? The University of Kent work with CyclingAge to provide a bike hire scheme for students. You can hire a bike for £30 per term plus a deposit (£50, £75 or £100 depending on the bike).

Bike Hire Dates

Saturday 16 January 9:00-15:00 – outside the Gulbenkian.

Sunday 17 January 9:00-15:30 – outside the Gulbenkian.

Wednesday 20 January- West Oast cycle garage in Park Wood.

Dr Bike- free bicycle check ups

Every Wednesday between 08:30 and 15:30 the friendly guys at CyclingAge are up at West Oast Cycle garage in Park Wood to check over your bikes for free, whether you have hired from them or not.

For more information

Email: uokcycle@cyclingage.co.uk

Facebook: www.facebook.com/DrBikeatUoK/

Transport Team twitter: @unikent_travel

Due to industrial action, Arriva buses are unlikely to be operating in Medway tomorrow and Monday (4 and 7 December).

We advise that you make alternative travel arrangements for these days. You may want to consider alternative bus services, car sharing or walking. Please see below for further information.

If you are a member of staff and believe your journey will be disrupted, contact your line manager to make arrangements.

If you are a student and believe your journey will be disrupted, contact the person you would normally report an absence to.

Arriva have stated that any person who has purchased weekly, four-weekly and longer-period tickets will be recompensed for the dates on which no service is provided due to this dispute. Contact Arriva directly for further information.

Arriva contact details are

• Twitter @ArrivaKent or Facebook/ArrivaKent
• Call their Customer Services Team on 0344 800 4411
• Email talktous@arriva.co.uk.
• Or listen to local news stations for travel updates on these days.

Other Bus Services Running As Normal

ASD

156- Chatham- Rochester- Queen Mother Court

170- Chatham- Dock Road- Medway City Estate- Strood- Medway Valley Park- Medway Gate

197- Chatham- Rochester- Strood- Upnor (runs along Corporation Street)

Medway Nightbus N1/N2- Strood- Rochester- Chatham- Gillingham-Twydall- Rainham- Wigmore

Chalkwell

326- Chatham- Gillingham- Medway Hospital- Rainham- Sittingbourne (runs along the A2)

327-Chatham- Gillingham- Medway Hospital- Rainham- Upchurch- Lower Halstow- Sittingbourne (runs along the A2)

Farleigh Coaches

150- Princes Avenue- Lordswood- Walderslade- Maidstone

Nu –Venture

130- Twydall- Rainham- Parkwood- Wigmore- Hempstead Valley- Bredhurst- Boxley- Maidstone

131- Medway Hospital- Gillingham- Rainham – Twydall

151- Chatham- Rochester- Strood- Cuxton- Halling- Snodland- Kings Hill

172- Chatham- Rochester- Strood- Salters Cross- Brompton Farm Road

173- Chatham – Chatham Rail Station – Rochester – Strood – Frindsbury – Brompton Farm Road

174- Salters Cross – Strood – Medway City Estate – Chatham

175- Salters Cross – Strood – Medway City Estate – Chatham

192- Chatham – Chatham Rail Station – Rochester – Strood – Wainscott –  Chattenden – Lodge Hill

Car Sharing

Find someone to share your journey with on the Universities at Medway car sharing database

Walking Times to Medway Campus

• Chatham train station to Pembroke Campus- 35 minutes
• Chatham train station to Historic Dockyard- 20 minutes
• Gillingham train station to Pembroke Campus- 25 minutes
• Gillingham train station to Historic Dockyard0 25 minutes

CyclingAge are offering University of Kent staff and students FREE cycle training. This could be for you if:

• You find yourself a little intimidated by some road situations
• You are riding in the UK for the first time
• You are an experienced rider looking for tips to boost your riding skills

Classes are 2 hours and are led by highly trained instructors who are friendly and patient. The instructors will tailor the sessions to those attending and make sure the training is fun too.

For further information and to book a place, email uokcycle@cyclingage.co.uk .

CyclingAge also runs Dr. Bike drop in sessions every Wednesday between 8:30am-3pm at West Oast Cycle Garage in Park Wood, Canterbury campus. Drop by to have your bike checked over for FREE by experienced bike mechanics. Dr. Bike now has 5 courtesy bikes so you can “Park” your bike at West Oast “and Ride” back to central campus.

Dr. Bike will be visiting Medway campus next term. Follow @unikent_travel on twitter for updates of when this will be.

For further information visit our cycling webpage .

Starting next month (Monday, December 7), the UK’s largest coach operator is to begin turning the wheels on the new round-the-clock straight-to-the-terminal service – which will be the only means of travelling between Gatwick and Kent direct via public transport.

The service calls at both University of Kent campuses, stopping at Keynes Bus Stop, Canterbury and Dock Road, Medway. Pick up and drop off points will include Canterbury, Chatham, Gillingham, Maidstone, Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate. Travel times will be up to 45 minutes quicker than their rail counterparts, all of which involve at least one change.

The dedicated National Express service will serve both terminals from locations throughout Kent up to eight times a day, with journey times taking as little as an hour with tickets on sale now.

“With so many passengers and employees regularly travelling between Gatwick and Kent we are delighted that National Express will be providing a direct transport link. By increasing connectivity with Kent and providing the only direct public transport link we look forward to welcoming even more passengers to the airport.” – Gatwick Airport Chief Commercial Officer, Guy Stephenson.

National Express is Britain’s biggest coach operator serving over 900 destinations, including towns, cities and major airports across the UK. The coach company operates around 19 million journeys each year, around a third of which are to airports. Online fares start at £5 one-way and the cheapest available fares can be found using their dedicated Low Fare Finder.

For further information visit our National Express webpage.

This Friday (13 November) will see National Express coming to Medway campus for a photo shoot to promote their new coach service to London Gatwick airport!

If you would like to get involved and be in the chance to win return tickets for a coach journey with National Express, go to Central Avenue bus stop at 9am where you will find the National Express coach.

On 7 December National Express will be launching a new coach service to and from Gatwick Airport. This service will operate to and from both the Canterbury and Medway campuses up to 8 times a day. For more information visit:

https://www.kent.ac.uk/estates/services/transport/buses/nationalexpress.html

Don’t forget you can purchase a Young Persons Coachcard to get 1/3 off National Express travel.

Tell us how we can improve travel for you to, from and around our campuses! Complete the Travel Plan Survey before Friday 13th November:

https://www.kent.ac.uk/estates/services/transport/survey/

The survey takes around 10 minutes to complete depending on how much information you are willing to share with us. Don’t forget to provide your University of Kent email address in the last question if you wish to enter into the prize draw.  You could win £100 food voucher to use within the University’s catering outlets or one of 200 hot drinks vouchers.

The data from this survey will be used to update the University Travel Plans, which aim to improve or maintain the transport infrastructure and reduce single car occupancy where possible for next 5 years.

If you or your colleagues are having trouble completing the survey, please do not give up as your opinions are important to us. Contact the Transport Team, Estates Department and we will assist you.