6 days ago
'Vital' bus route to Yate returns after community campaign
Residents of a town that lost a key bus service due to funding problems have won their campaign to reinstate in Wotton-Under-Edge, Gloucestershire, previously said the Y8 route to and from Yate, which allows them to travel on to Bristol, was "essential" for their have campaigned for the route since it was cut in August last year, arguing that it was vital for access to work, college, shops and medical appointments, and allowed them to Linda Cohen, from Gloucestershire County Council, said the reinstatment of the route, beginning on 1 September, was a "fantastic outcome for our communities".
The service will run 15 times on weekdays and 12 times on Saturdays. Gloucestershire County Council, South Gloucestershire Council, the West of England Combined Authority (Weca) and the local community worked together to bring the route holds responsibility for buses in South Gloucestershire as the transport full timetable will be released in the coming weeks.
