Taunton Park And Ride

The Taunton Flyer runs from the Park and Ride sites at Silk Mills and Taunton Gateway every day except Sundays and public holidays.

Services run every 12 minutes (7 minutes during rush hour) between 6.40am and 7.15pm Monday-Friday (7.30am – 6pm Saturday), providing a convenient and cost effective way of getting into town for commuters, shoppers and students.
 

Fares

Adult Single/Return - £2.00
Child Single/Return - £1.20 (5-15 years old, up to 16th birthday)
Weekly ticket - £8.00
Calendar Monthly ticket - £28.00
Flexirider - £12.00 (allows 12 single journeys; valid for one calendar month from day of issue)
NO Concessions for English National Concessionary Travel Scheme Pass Holders
Annual Season ticket - £280.00 (Issued from Transporting Somerset)
Group Ticket - £5.00 (up to 5 persons travelling together; valid on day of purchase only) This ticket makes travel into town even cheaper for groups of people who car share to the site. To find a car share partner, register at www.CarShareSomerset.com and search for potential matches.

Bus Stops

Stops served by the Park and Ride bus service are:
Taunton Gateway Park and Ride Site, East Reach, The Parade/Corporation Street, County Hall, Somerset College, Silk Mills Park and Ride Site. Services run in a loop, allowing passengers to travel from one side of Taunton to the other - great for people who work on the opposite side of town to where they live.

Timetable 

From Silk Mills to Town Centre
Monday to Friday
First departures 06:40, 07:05 and 07:30 then every 7 minutes until 09:30. Then every 12 minutes until 15:40. Then every 7 minutes until 18:02.

Last departures at 18:16, 18:46 and 19:16.

Saturdays
First departure 07:30 then every 12 minutes until 18:04.

From Town Centre to Silk Mills
Monday to Friday
First departures 06:52, 07:17 and 07:42 then every 7 minutes until 09:37. Then every 12 minutes until 15:49. Then every 7 minutes until 18:06 and 18.15.

Last departures at 18:30, 19:00 and 19:30, via Musgrove Park Hospital.

Saturdays.
First departure 07:42 then every 12 minutes until 18:23.

From Taunton Gateway to Town Centre
Monday to Friday
First departures 06:40, 07:05 and 07:30 then every 7 minutes until 09:24. Then every 12 minutes until 16:03. Then every 7 minutes until 18:00.

Last departures at 18:15, 18:45 and 19:15.

Saturdays
First departure 07:30 then every 12 minutes until 18:08.

From Town Centre to Taunton Gateway
Monday to Friday
First departures 06:50, 07:15 and 07:40 then every 7 minutes until 09:41. Then every 12 minutes until 16:02. Then every 7 minutes until 18:15

Last departures at 18:30, 19:00 and 19:30.

Saturdays
First departure 07:40 then every 12 minutes until 18:17.

Taunton Gateway

The new Taunton Gateway Park and Ride on the A358, just off M5 junction 25 at Henlade, opened on 16 November 2009.

Around 600 spaces were opened for launch. The rest of the site is still under construction but once completed, there will be around 1000 spaces, secure cycle parking and an indoor waiting area with information and toilet facilities. Construction work is expected to continue until the end of 2009.

Silk Mills

The Silk Mills Park and Ride site is located on the North West edge of Taunton and opened in late 2005. It has and indoor waiting area with information and toilet facilities. A number of high quality cycle lockers are available to rent at a cost of £5 for a ten-week period. This enables cyclists to leave their bikes in a secure, enclosed locker while continuing their journey into town on the Park and Ride bus, or to drive to the Silk Mills car park, then continue their journey into town by bicycle (storing the bike in the locker overnight).

Further information

Full details of the Taunton Gateway and Silk Mills Park and Ride including maps and bus times can be viewed by downloading the Taunton Park and Ride Flyer [.pdf 8.75kb].