National award for Carmarthenshire's Bwcabus
Bwcabus has won a national award for being the most innovative transport project.
The outreach bus service is exceeding all expectations having carried more than 10,000 passengers three-months ahead of expectations.
Now there is a promise of a second service in rural Carmarthenshire because of the success.
At an awards ceremony in Manchester Bwcabus, against phenomenal competition, was recognised as the most innovative transport project nationally in the last 12 months.
County exectuive board member for transport and the environment Haydn Jones said he was immensely proud and honoured to attend the awards ceremony at the Palace Hotel with representatives of the county’s transport team who were among more than 500 transport professionals vying for awards.
“Bwcabus has been a tremendous success and it wonderful achievement for the service to be recognised nationally this way. The award for the most innovative transport project was particularly pleasing as it was in a category which received the most entries and the entrants were mainly blue chip organisations.”
Bwcabus was developed through a partnership between Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion councils, funded by the European Regional Development Fund and the Welsh Assembly Government.
The goals of the project are to improve access to key services for rural communities while addressing a continual decline in patronage on rural bus services and to provide a flexible and more feasible local public transport service to areas with limited or no bus provision.
County transport manager Steve Pilliner said: “Bwcabus was expected to carry 9,299 passengers a year but drove through the 10,000 passengers barrier in the first 10-months increasing public transport use in the area by more than 40per cent.
“More people are using Bwcabus helping to cut down car use and delivering greater access to rural communities.”
• Booking number: 01239 801 601
• Web address: www.traveline-cymru.info/bwcabus
Bwcabus winners: Project co-ordinator Kelly Phillips, Carmarthenshire transport manager Stephen Pillinger and head of transport Trevor Sage receiving the innovating transport award.
The outreach bus service is exceeding all expectations having carried more than 10,000 passengers three-months ahead of expectations.
Now there is a promise of a second service in rural Carmarthenshire because of the success.
At an awards ceremony in Manchester Bwcabus, against phenomenal competition, was recognised as the most innovative transport project nationally in the last 12 months.
County exectuive board member for transport and the environment Haydn Jones said he was immensely proud and honoured to attend the awards ceremony at the Palace Hotel with representatives of the county’s transport team who were among more than 500 transport professionals vying for awards.
“Bwcabus has been a tremendous success and it wonderful achievement for the service to be recognised nationally this way. The award for the most innovative transport project was particularly pleasing as it was in a category which received the most entries and the entrants were mainly blue chip organisations.”
Bwcabus was developed through a partnership between Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion councils, funded by the European Regional Development Fund and the Welsh Assembly Government.
The goals of the project are to improve access to key services for rural communities while addressing a continual decline in patronage on rural bus services and to provide a flexible and more feasible local public transport service to areas with limited or no bus provision.
County transport manager Steve Pilliner said: “Bwcabus was expected to carry 9,299 passengers a year but drove through the 10,000 passengers barrier in the first 10-months increasing public transport use in the area by more than 40per cent.
“More people are using Bwcabus helping to cut down car use and delivering greater access to rural communities.”
• Booking number: 01239 801 601
• Web address: www.traveline-cymru.info/bwcabus
Bwcabus winners: Project co-ordinator Kelly Phillips, Carmarthenshire transport manager Stephen Pillinger and head of transport Trevor Sage receiving the innovating transport award.
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