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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Aaliyah Rugg

Concerns as major bus route 'temporarily suspended' due to staff shortage

A popular bus service has been withdrawn due to "staff shortages" but will "return in full" later this year under a new operator.

Many people took to social media to express their concerns that the 188 service, which ran through Speke and Halewood, has been temporarily suspended. The service's withdrawal was put down to driver shortages, although it was confirmed the cancellation would only be temporary.

Many people took to social media to say they relied on the 188 as one elderly man told the ECHO it was his "easiest way of getting to and from Halewood" and is a "major bus route, especially for the elderly who rely so heavily on it".

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