Eastonways is an independent bus

Bus

A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...

 and coach

Coach (vehicle)

A coach is a large motor vehicle, a type of bus, used for conveying passengers on excursions and on longer distance express coach scheduled transport between cities - or even between countries...

 operator provides regular bus services in and around Thanet

Thanet

Thanet is a local government district of Kent, England which was formed under the Local Government Act 1972, and came into being on 1 April 1974...

, Kent

Kent

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 in England

England

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Eastonways' services regularly operate in Margate

Margate

-Demography:As of the 2001 UK census, Margate had a population of 40,386.The ethnicity of the town was 97.1% white, 1.0% mixed race, 0.5% black, 0.8% Asian, 0.6% Chinese or other ethnicity....

, Westgate

Westgate

-Companies:* Westgate Resorts, a real estate company and timeshare company* Westgate Department Stores, the Department store division of Anglia Regional Co-operative Society in the United Kingdom-United Kingdom:* Westgate, County Durham* Westgate, Gloucester...

, Broadstairs

Broadstairs

Broadstairs is a coastal town on the Isle of Thanet in the Thanet district of east Kent, England, about south-east of London. It is part of the civil parish of Broadstairs and St Peter's, which includes St. Peter's and had a population in 2001 of about 24,000. Situated between Margate and...

, St Peters, Ramsgate

Ramsgate

Ramsgate is a seaside town in the district of Thanet in east Kent, England. It was one of the great English seaside towns of the 19th century and is a member of the ancient confederation of Cinque Ports. It has a population of around 40,000. Ramsgate's main attraction is its coastline and its main...

 and surrounding villages, Birchington, Acol

Acol

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, Manston

Manston

Manston is the name of a number of settlements:* Manston, Dorset* Manston, Kent** location of RAF Manston* Manston, Leeds...

, Minster

Minster-in-Thanet

Minster-in-Thanet, also known as Minster, is a village and civil parish in the Thanet District of Kent, England. The village is situated to the west of Ramsgate and to the north east of Canterbury; it lies just south west of Kent International Airport and just north of the River Stour...

 & Monkton

Monkton

-Places:United Kingdom*Monkton, Ayrshire*Monkton, Devon*Monkton, Kent*Monkton, Pembroke*Monkton, Tyne and WearCanada*Monkton, OntarioUnited States*Monkton, Maryland*Monkton, Vermont-See also:*Moncton *Monckton*Monkton House...

These services are either fully or partly funded by Kent County Council

Kent County Council

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They operate 2 school routes to schools around the Isle Of Thanet

Thanet

Thanet is a local government district of Kent, England which was formed under the Local Government Act 1972, and came into being on 1 April 1974...

 and to Sandwich

Sandwich

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They also operate 7 public service routes.

Routes

Public Services

• 39/39A St Peters - Newington - Ramsgate - West Dumpton, Monday to Saturday

• 35 Westgate(Mountfield Way)- Margate - QEQM Hospital, Monday to Saturday

• S35 Westgate(Mountfield Way)- Margate - QEQM Hospital, Sundays

• 42 Monkton - Minster - Cliffsend - Ramsgate, Monday to Saturday

• 51 Preston - St Nicholas - Monkton - Birchington - Margate - Westwood, Monday to Friday

• 56 Broadstairs - Westwood - QEQM Hospital - Palm Bay - Margate, Monday to Saturday

• E50 Preston - Cliffsend - Manston - Westwood Cross - Broadstairs, Mondays & Wednesdays

• E50 Monkton - Minster - Acol - Manston - Westwood Cross, Tuesdays, Thursdays & Fridays

• E83 Margate - Westgate - Manston - Ramsgate, Monday to Saturday

• E93 Ramsgate - Dumpton - Westwood Cross, Monday to Saturday

• E101 Sainsburys Free Bus services to the Westwood & Chestfield stores

School Services

• 935 Dumpton - Nethercourt - Ramsgate - Marlowe Academy, Schooldays

• 954 Birchington - Monkton - Minster - Sandwich Technology School, Schooldays