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Daily Record
Daily Record
National
Kirsty Paterson

Falkirk Council apologise to passengers as bus services cut due to soaring costs

Falkirk Council has apologised to residents who are affected by cuts to bus services that will leave some parts of the district villages with no early morning, late night or Sunday services.

With the costs of running bus services having risen by 21 per cent this year, the council insists it had little choice in the matter.

Michael McGuinness, head of Growth, Planning and Climate Change at Falkirk Council, said: “The Council would like to apologise to residents who are disrupted by the reduced bus services that will begin in mid-August on routes that are subsidised by the local authority.

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