A mother says cuts to bus services mean she struggles to visit her late soldier son’s grave.
A mother says cuts to bus services in her area meant she now struggled to visit her late soldier son’s grave.
"Please re-instate at least two buses in the morning, two buses in the afternoon, just so I have half-an-hour with my son.” Bus services across York and North Yorkshire have been under pressure since Covid, as passenger numbers were slow to return to pre-pandemic levels.We went to Selby bus station on a busy weekday morning to see what other passengers thought of bus services in the area.
She said the service between Selby and York was “fantastic,” but her home village of Barlow had only four buses a day to Selby. Celina Smith, 26, spoke to the BBC before she caught the 415 to York Designer Outlet, where she works."Really affordable for the everyday person. This bus is every 15 minutes so if I miss one I can get the next one. It is really handy.”Five candidates are standing in the Selby constituency at the general election.“Selby is a rural community. A large number of people in Selby rely on bus or train services. It is hugely important that those services are up to speed and can be relied upon.
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