Re John Harris’s article (Where have all the buses gone? Their neglect is an English national failure, 6 August), not only do we need to know where all the buses have gone, we need to know why so many bus stations have disappeared. The closure of the bus station and its proposed demolition in Lewes, the largest town in the South Downs national park, is a case in point. The bus station has served the towns and villages in East and West Sussex admirably since the 1950s.
The building has been allowed to deteriorate. It had an excellent cafe where you could buy a decent coffee and cake. It provided an interchange for buses and an invaluable rest area for the drivers, not forgetting the surrounding green planting done by local volunteers. It was very well used.
