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Reduction in Falkirk buses

Some bus services in Falkirk are being cut - due to a rise in costs.

It includes a number of early morning, evening and Sunday routes.

Among them are four early buses from Camelon to Falkirk, and late services from Linlithgow to Bo'ness.

In a statement, Falkirk Council said:

"Due to a 21% increase in costs on previous years, the number of bus services running across the Falkirk area will be reduced as of Monday, 15 August.

Commercial operators who tendered to run the subsidised service cited the pandemic, fuel prices and the broader economic impact of Brexit and the Ukraine conflict for significantly higher bids.

These bids far exceeded the money the Council had available to spend. To bring costs back on budget, several early morning, evening, and Sunday services – selected due to low usage - will no longer operate. 

However, the Council will continue to spend around £1.1m to ensure communities retain a number of services that operators said were not commercially viable."

You can find a full list of affected services on the Falkirk Council website.

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