Stagecoach’s shock announcement of plans to cut 21 bus routes across Cambridgeshire & Peterborough is causing enormous anxiety locally, with the 915 serving Royston-Melbourn-Shepreth-Foxton-Harston-Hauxton-Cambridge on the list of those set to go.

This is a lifeline service for so many people – absolutely essential to everyday life.

Stagecoach has previously been a good communicator on local concerns – but there has been NO communication on this turn.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Liberal Democrats are calling on government to intervene to preserve at least a minimum level of public transport for tens of thousands of residents.

My colleague Councillor Lorna Dupré:

“Stagecoach is planning to devastate the bus network in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough which is a lifeline for many residents of our three cities and our market towns as well as our villages.

“Every part of the county will be severely affected by these changes.

“Residents are worried about how to get their children to school, and fearful for their own jobs if they have no means to get to work. They will be cut off from health care, leisure, and retail.

“Stagecoach has received millions of pounds in government subsidies over the last two years so that they could maintain bus services through the pandemic. And they have continued to make a profit. They are now throwing that back in our faces in a show of contempt for our residents.

“The government failed to get a grip on the bus industry during the pandemic, just throwing money at the problem in the short term rather than introducing sustainable long-term reforms. We are now seeing the result, with capricious bus companies able to disregard the needs of bus users.

A petition has been set up here – and more information as soon as we have it.

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