Underused western bus route P1 to be axed
WITH an operating cost of £144,000 for the year, the P1 parish link bus service has carried just under 4,000 passengers since October and brought in a fare income of £1,700.
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The route, which was specifically designed to link various parish facilities in the west and to provide links to network hubs at the airport and Vazon, will be axed at the start of the winter timetable and the hourly service will be redeployed to a more 'populated' area.
Environment minister Yvonne Burford said the operational cost, including the driver, fuel, maintenance and the leasing of the 16-seat Mercedes Sprinter, was £463 per day – a total cost of £70,376 from October to March this year.
