Bethan Jenkins has always caught the bus to and from work but over the last few weeks she has had to meticulously plan her journey home, from Birchgrove to Bargoed, or risk being stranded. The 30-year-old told WalesOnline how her usual 86X service between Caerphilly and the University Hospital of Wales has been consistently cancelled every afternoon for the last three weeks.
She said: "I get the 86X from Caerphilly train station to Heath. It goes through Thornhill and Birchgrove and I work in Birchgrove so it's much easier for me to get the bus than the train. About three weeks ago they cancelled all the afternoon buses one day. They told us we can catch the 26 bus instead if we want to go to the hospital but that's no good for me as I don't work there.
"They did this the next day and the next day. On Monday it didn't run from 1.30pm to 7pm. Every day for the last three weeks I've had to find out how I am getting home from work - sometimes it is dark and the weather has been bad recently. I either walk 15 minutes to get the 26 bus, get my sister to pick me up or walk around 30 minutes to the train station. Often the 26 turns up slightly early and you miss it so you need to wait an hour for the next. It's so frustrating."
