Rural Perth and Kinross residents risk being 'stranded' after bus service is removed

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Rural Perth and Kinross residents are about to be stranded without a bus service.The 155 Perth-Crieff bus service - operated by Docherty’s Midland Coaches - is being withdrawn and will run for the last time on Saturday, July 1.Perth and Kinross Council - which subsidised the service - said the decision had “not been taken lightly” but said a decline in usage had led to the decision.Residents in the Tibbermore area will be left with no alternative bus service.Hollay Allwood (32) of Balgowan relies on the service to get to and from her full-time job at Costa Coffee, Perth Railway Station.

She says walking three miles to get a bus is not an option.She told the PA: “Numerous people around here use the service.“Pupils use it to go to school and pensioners and young people to go to Perth.

Without the bus service they will be stranded.“The nearest Stagecoach bus to me into Perth is a three mile walk to Methven through a farm track in the dark.

Three miles to get a bus to work for eight hours to then walk three miles home again. That is not even an option for me.”She added: “It is like rural people don’t matter any more.