Pembrokeshire

Council secures replacement for fflecsi Bwcabus services after Welsh Government pulls funding

Pembrokeshire County Council has announced it has secured a replacement for the popular fflesci Bwcabus that was due to end this month after Welsh Government cut the service’s funding.

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7 months ago

10th October 2023

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The Bwcabus service had been due to finish on 31 October following the ending of Welsh Government funding through the Rural Development Programme grant.

Using some of the existing local bus service budget, Pembrokeshire County Council has funded a replacement service with operator Richards Bros from Wednesday November 1^st until March 31^st 2024.

The service will operate from 7am until 6.30pm, Monday to Friday, with the 642 and 644 fixed routes continuing to operate.

Cllr Rhys Sinnett, Pembrokeshire Council’s Cabinet Member for Residents’ Services, said: “I am delighted that the Council has been able to step in and fund a replacement for the Bwcabus service until the end of March next year and I thank officers for their work on this.

“We know that the service is so important to many people in some of the most rural areas of Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion.”

Regional bus company First Cymru recently announced that it was to make major cuts to its services in Swansea, Neath Port Talbot, Bridgend, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire blaming Welsh Government funding reductions.

(Lead image: Pembrokeshire Council)