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Bristol Post
National
Beth Cruse

First Bus passengers fume as buses to Thornbury and Yate axed

Bus users in Bristol and South Gloucestershire have reacted to cuts to local services. Yesterday (March 15) Metro Mayor Dan Norris said the Y2 from Chipping Sodbury to Bristol, and T2 from Thornbury to Bristol, will no longer run, as he blamed the "Government's approach to bus funding."

Mr Norris, who heads transport in the West of England, also announced a proposed route change to the popular 92 bus, which connects Hengrove and Broadmead. From the end of April, the First bus will no longer serve Whitchurch or the South Bristol Community Hospital.

Mr Norris said the Government's decision to provide £150million to local transport services after the pandemic has saved some buses, but has been "too little too late" for others. Locals are not happy with the cuts to services, which connect the towns to Bristol city centre.

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