Blow to Pendine bus services
Some bus services operating between Carmarthen and Pendine and possibly Llanybri are to be lost. A bus company is withdrawing some services and the council has been unable to attract tenderers for some service runs without incurring potential subsidies of more than £14 a passenger. The council has committed itself to running the coastal service in the summer to assist the tourism drive but insist the ‘use it or lose it’ mantra will be adopted because of the unsustainable costs of a poorly used service. Ffoshelig Coaches withdrawing from commercially operated journeys with effect from Sunday, February 20th . Carmarthenshire council currently subsidises certain journeys on these services 222 (Carmarthen – Pendine) and 227 (Carmarthen – Llanybri). Whilst most daytime journeys on these routes are operated commercially by Ffoshelig Coaches, the early morning and evening journeys receive a subsidy from the Authority. The Sunday service is also subsidised. Ffoshelig Coaches has informed the A...