01-07-2025
Rutland on-demand bus service to roll-out to entire county
An on demand bus service is to be rolled out across Rutland following a Callconnect service launched for towns and villages in north-west Rutland and north-east Leicestershire on 31 County Council said the currently free scheme - which sees passengers able to book journeys on a phone app or by calling, with at least an hour's notice - had led to a 20% increase in public transport scheme will now be rolled out across all of Rutland in August, said the Local Democracy Reporting Service, alongside the introduction of a £1 charge for the service.
In June the council said 1,500 passengers had used the service since leader Gale Waller told a scrutiny meeting on Thursday: "The joy of the demand response system is when it is rolled out in August every single villager in Rutland will have the opportunity to have a bus to go somewhere, whereas at the moment, in an awful lot of our villages, you cannot get a bus, as there isn't one."
But the meeting was told there had been "teething issues" with the Ray Payne said some people had been booking a bus in advance and then deciding not to travel without cancelling - preventing other users from ordering added in one instance a villager had booked the whole bus for their community but been the sole person wanting to travel.
