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BBC News
5 days ago
- General
- BBC News
Newmarket residents 'excluded' from new bus route
Two new bus routes have left a community in a town "excluded", a councillor has said. Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority replaced the number 11 bus service from Newmarket, Suffolk, to Cambridge with two new routes on Tuesday. Residents in Studlands Park, Newmarket, have been "excluded from the route" said Janne Jarvis, a Labour councillor at West Suffolk Council and Newmarket Town a statement on their website, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority said: "These routes have been designed to better connect our towns, villages and communities." The new Tiger 4 bus service, which is run by Stagecoach, operates between Newmarket to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge. Charlotte Smith, who lives in Exning, Suffolk, said: "We used to be able to get to the centre of Cambridge. We now have to go to Addenbrooke's."Addenbrooke's Hospital is about two miles (3.2km) from Cambridge city centre. She added: "I am a mother; I do not drive. My husband does not drive. We now cannot access Tesco anymore."My main concern of this is I have been a passenger on these buses every day for the last five years and have built community on these buses."Ms Smith added that residents were "looking for accountability from Suffolk County Council" to reach out to explain "why they thought this was OK".A spokesperson for Suffolk County Council confirmed the new routes were "funded by Cambridge and Peterborough Combined Authority who, as such, ultimately decide on where the bus routes should serve". Jarvis said: "I strongly urge Suffolk County Council to take immediate action to reinstate the Studlands route."It is concerning for the more vulnerable and elderly in our society."We are going to challenge this. We are going to look for a resolution," he and Peterborough Combined Authority added that the new routes will offer "faster journey times, more frequent services, and improved reliability". Follow Suffolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
BBC News
27-05-2025
- BBC News
Four new bus routes to launch in Leicestershire this summer
Four new bus routes will start operating in Leicestershire this Arriva has said four routes will begin in June and July on behalf of Leicestershire County 2 June, the LC14 from Hinckley to Fosse Park and LC16 from Ashby-de-la-Zouch to Loughborough, via Shepshed, will run from Monday to from 14 July, the LC12 weekday service from Witherley to Measham, via Market Bosworth, and the Monday to Saturday LC15 route from Coalville to Leicester, via Markfield and Anstey, will launch.
BBC News
13-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
More data needed on Manx bus routes' profitability, says minister
"More detailed analysis" is needed to understand which bus routes make money on the Isle of Man, the infrastructure minister has Tuesday's House of Keys sitting, Tim Glover MHK questioned how many bus routes were profitable on the island, after a seasonal service to Cregneash and the Sound was Michelle Haywood said it was "hard to tell... due to the number of concessions and prepaid cards" that were in she confirmed her department was working to improve how data is collected and acknowledged that buses provide "essential access for residents". It is expected to cost £12.4m to operate Bus Vannin this year, with passenger revenue projected to be £5.4 £7m deficit will be covered by asked how former minister Tim Crookall was able to deem as "not financially viable" the number 28 route to a folk village and beauty spot at the southernmost tip of the to her appointment as infrastructure minister, Haywood - who is MHK for the area concerned - criticised the decision to pull the service last year. 'Detailed costing process' Hayward said she believed her previous comments may have been made in relation to "money collected on board the bus" and "didn't account for any income that should have been apportioned from various concession cards".She went on to say that a "true picture needs more data" since routes' total income is affected "by many things such as the number of commuters using prepaid cards or passengers who have subsidised minister confirmed the government's upcoming bus strategy included a move to implement a "detailed route costing process" to understand where subsidies were "most heavily applied and help guide future decisions about where public support should be focused".But Hayward stressed that the bus service was "not about profitability on routes, or trying to make a profit".Rather, she said it was "about trying to keep our communities connected and provide services they need so they can access schools, shops and community activities in a way that is convenient and cost effective for them". Read more stories from the Isle of Man on the BBC, watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer and follow BBC Isle of Man on Facebook and X.
