A group of pensioners who have been campaigning to reinstate the 19/19A bus service in Dunfermline took their fight to the Scottish Parliament on Thursday 17th March.
MSPs were debating a Labour motion on ensuring local bus services are improved by regulating the industry to ensure passengers get access to improved local bus routes and more frequent services.
Fife Labour Transport spokesperson Rumney went to the Parliament with local Dunfermline residents and said; “It’s vital to ensure bus operators are no longer allowed to cherry pick only the most profitable bus routes and would instead be required to operate in the best interests of the travelling public.”
“We have seen people facing huge difficulties in Fife from changes to bus routes and cuts to services – the system needs to be overhauled and that was very much the message from local Dunfermline residents today who came to Edinburgh to make their voice heard.”
Mid Scotland and Fife MSP Claire Baker added: ”There are far too many communities where buses are either thin on the ground or three come along at once. We need to regulate the services to tackle this problem. We want people to be able to get on a local bus that links up with the rest of the transport network.”
Picture shows Cllr Mike Rumney and Claire Baker with residents of Dunfermline and West Fife outside the Scottish Parliament.
And with Brian Souter the homophobe bankrolling the SNP its vital Labour win at the next Holyrood elections because the SNP will be playing to his tune when it comes to buses