Bournemouth roads and travel news
Bournemouth roads and travel news, newest first: closures, roadworks, rail changes, buses and parking, from the authorities' own notices.
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Bournemouth Blue Badge Pause: Apply Before 27 September
BCP Council stops taking new and renewal Blue Badge applications on Sunday 27 September until 13 October. Renew now if your badge expires before mid-November.
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Education
BCP School Transport Rules Rewritten: Have Your Say by 7 Oct
BCP Council's draft school transport policy widens personal travel budgets and ends yearly reapplication for most families. Consultation closes 7 October.
Transport
BCP Local Transport Plan: Where Bournemouth's £112m Goes
Highways maintenance takes £49.3m of the £112.3m BCP has to 2031. The tram is feasibility work only. Every Bournemouth scheme in the adopted plan, named.
Roads
Kinson One-Way: Bennion and Ibbett Change on 3 September
Bennion and Ibbett roads become one-way north to south from 3 September, with a 20mph zone across four Kinson streets. BCP Council made the orders on 19 August.
Parking
Bournemouth parking fines hit £160 on seafront to 31 Aug
Seafront penalty charges doubled to £110 and £160 until 31 August. The same trial last year cut tickets on East Overcliff Drive by 72 per cent.
Trains
Bournemouth Christmas Trains 2026: None on 25 or 26 Dec
SWR runs no trains on 25 or 26 December 2026. The last Christmas Eve train leaves Waterloo around 22:00, and 27 and 28 December have fewer Weymouth trains.