Passengers in Market Drayton say their lack of buses is stressful.
Arriva Bus has reduced the frequency of the 64 bus as customer levels struggle to recover to pre-pandemic levels
But Arriva Midlands has reduced the frequency of the route as “customer levels during the day have struggled to recover to their pre-pandemic levels.”Tell that to passengers and some responses cannot be published here. "Stressful" seems like a fair summary. “Up in Manchester, Andy Burnham achieved a partial change in the law to allow for franchising. As a first step, at least, we need something like that”, she said.
They’ve logged complaints about infrequent buses, unreliable taxis, and the fact that there is no rail station in Market Drayton.Belinda Sprigg said many people do not have access to a car“There is also lots of people with poor mobility or no access to a vehicle and they are completely marooned here. Basically we are told ‘there is no money’.
“Arriva continues to work collaboratively with the Local Transport Authorities to review service levels.”Parties have been debating over the issue of rural bus services “Liberal Democrats would reverse that by giving local authorities more powers to franchise services and simplifying funding so that bus routes can be restored and new routes added.”
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