Today we issued a statement welcoming the new supported bus contracts which brought a number of new and revised bus routes to the county on Monday May 4th.
RELBUS chairman, Barry Turner, said: “In the spirit of East Lothian’s Bus Passengers’ Charter the council consulted widely before finalising its plans for the new supported network and RELBUS was pleased to make a major input. This involvement of users is very much in line with our own priorities for improving local bus services and getting the services that people require. Some tweaking will be needed to make sure that bus and rail timetables better relate but overall we are pleased with the outcome. We are also pleased that the council has now produced a bus network diagram to show all bus routes serving East Lothian.”
RELBUS remains concerned that the sizeable rural settlements of Humbie, Garvald and Oldhamstocks are still unserved, but we have been informed that the council has a plan to plug these gaps in provision in a novel way once legal and other issues have been resolved. This will help tackle the social exclusion which derives from a lack of public transport.”