East Lothian has a chequered history when it comes to public transport policy. In an effort to foster joined up thinking the new transport Convenor Michael Veitch initiated the East Lothian Bus Forum.
RELBUS, the group that campaigns for better rural buses in East Lothian, has launched a member consultation to help prioritise its campaigning objectives.
With recent news about the closure of vital bus routes to Pencaitland and Ormiston you may be interested to know that there are still ways to get from A to B thanks to car pooling.
RELBUS, short for Rural East Lothian Bus Users, is calling upon members to make personal representations to their elected representatives.
The weekly East Lothian Courier is seeking the views of people who will be directly affected by the cuts planned by First bus.
The Edinburgh Evening News did a follow up piece in today’s paper on axed bus routes which highlights just how much upset it will cause to rural residents of East Lothian.
If some bus users were under the impression there wasn’t a lot left to cut from the remaining routes operated by First… you’d be wrong! It seems the bus company plans a further round of route cuts in a few months which will lead to further misery for people lacking private transport in rural East Lothian. Worse still, it seems the Pencaitland route is heading for the terminal and it’s not the bus kind.
East Lothian Council is going through the process of updating its Local Transport Strategy (LTS) and wants to know the views of organisations and individuals.
First Bus ups somes fares for East Lothian routes.