Bath MP Don Foster has today met with Wessex Connect, part of Flights Hallmark Ltd, a company with a good track record working in a number of cities in the UK, including Birmingham and Bristol. Wessex Connect are hopeful of operating the 20A/C route from 11th May.

If First do not reverse their decision on this route, Don is optimistic that the service will continue anyway thanks to Wessex Connect.  We beleive that they are hoping to significantly improve the reliability of this service by making minor alterations to route, which are being made with the views of local residents in mind.

We are also pleased to learn that Wessex Connect are planning to use larger buses on this route, especially at peak times. Buses are often overcrowded early in the morning with Ralph Allen and University of Bath students using the service.

Don is also optimistic that Wessex Connect will offer a service on the 18 route. Currently, students living in Oldfield Park have to pay extra to get home from the University, as the standard fare is only valid as far as Sainsbury’s. Wessex Connect are planning to allow students to travel to Oldfield Park as part of the standard single fare.

Over 100 people have signed Don’s on-line petition to save the service at http://ourcampaign.org.uk/onthebuses.