Petition updateRestore evening buses to Locharbriggs and HeathhallUpdate on responses from Stagecoach and Council
Arthur RamsayDumfries, SCT, United Kingdom
12 May 2024

Stagecoach West Scotland: I have had no response to the official submission of the 512 and 407 signatures petitions from local managing director Fiona Doherty or from Stagecoach media contact. You could try her at fiona.doherty@stagecoach.com.

Please help me by trying to find Stagecoach contacts in case I have the wrong persons.

Council: Labour councillors esp Linda Dorward and one or two other SNP have said they support us. No other councillor from Lochar, two Conservatives and SNP's Tracy Little have signed the petition or shown any interest. I shall be getting In touch with  the Transport Secretary to ask why this is the case.

Swestrans told me they couldn't discuss the matter in April as it wasn't on the agenda and they cannot change the agenda, They said they will put it on the agenda for the June meeting. I will ask how many of us can attend as observers. Perhaps we can have a demonstration outside the Council offices. They said we had to ask Stagecoach to restore these services first and if they refuse they have to  put the evening buses out to tender and when nobody responds they might subsidiss them but probably not as they won't have the money. Try to get your Swestrans councillor and your Councillor locally to support us if you can, threaten not to vote for them or their party at the next elections.

Thanks, please help if you want these buses back!

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