PASSENGERS will see route and timetable changes today when Morebus' summer schedule comes into effect.

Some of the biggest changes include the extension of the m1 service to the Royal Bournemouth Hospital, with subsequent time changes to both the m1 and m2.

Morebus said there will be “significant changes” to routes 3 and 4 to reflect the “new levels of demand and reduce our costs of operation”.

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Route 3 will run up to every 30 minutes at off-peak times, following the current 4 route from Poole to Broadstone where it will then run via Corfe Mullen to Wimborne. There will also still be two service 4s each hour running to Wimborne, via Merley.

Buses will run every 15 minutes off-peak via the current service 4 route between Poole and Broadstone, although there will no longer be any short 4s or any buses via the Broadstone Way.

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During peak times, there will still be some faster journeys provided by new route 3X. This will go via Holes Bay Road, Willis Way, Fleetsbridge roundabout, Darbys Corner and Lower Blandford Road to Broadstone, then to Corfe Mullen and Wimborne.

On routes 8 and 9, the Creekmoor, Fleetsbridge and Upton parts of the route carry fewer passengers than the Turlin Moor section of route, and, as a result, this section of route will operate every half an hour with journeys between Poole and Turlin Moor remaining at every 15 minutes.

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The Purbeck Breezer routes are also back with the 30 and 31 returning to take passengers to Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door with a new 35 service travelling between Swanage and campsites in Wareham Forest.

Morebus said: “The 40 has had its timings revised to improve reliability which includes additional evening journeys, and the 50 and 60 have increased frequency over the summer period.

"The 50 will no longer go down Holdenhurst Road, and will instead go to Lansdowne via Christchurch Road. The 70 is also returning and will now additionally serve Westbourne.”