You couldn’t make it up

[eggsarascal]

The last bus service in the village was done away with last week.

[nepia]

Not just there Eggs.  My mate half an hour away was telling me that all the bus routes his three kids used up to last year to get to different schools have gone - every one of them.

[Steve Bullman]

There’s a local bus service in our village. Never seen more than 3 people on it. I’d imagine it’s a similar story throughout the country. It’s surely a service that is haemorrhaging money.

 

expect a lot more stuff to disappear over the next few years 

[nepia]

2 minutes ago, Steve Bullman said:

There’s a local bus service in our village. Never seen more than 3 people on it. I’d imagine it’s a similar story throughout the country. It’s surely a service that is haemorrhaging money.

 

expect a lot more stuff to disappear over the next few years 

The buses I referred to were rammed twice a day with kids getting to and from school!

[Steve Bullman]

Just now, nepia said:

The buses I referred to were rammed twice a day with kids getting to and from school!

Yep I appreciate that’s a bit different 

[Steve Bullman]

Surely these are busses that ferry kids to schools out of the catchment area though?

[nepia]

No idea but how would that be relevant?  The kids still need to get to school!

[eggsarascal]

There is still a school bus here.

[Steve Bullman]

Because the government have a duty to provide free transport for kids. If you choose to send your kid to a school that’s outside of the catchment then the cost is on you. So it’s perhaps these busses that have been cancelled. Not saying it’s ok 

[nepia]

Can't help with that one.

What happens when you can't get your kid into a catchment area school?

 

 

Going out now...

Edited September 3, 2022 by nepia