A Newtonhill woman is up in arms over a lack of buses on 3 January. The Thursday will be a normal working day for many people, but services are being curtailed by Stagecoach.
North Kincardine councillor Ian Mollison has contacted Stagecoach to see if anything can be done at this late stage.
He said: “Although many people benefit from a long break over Christmas and New Year, many others do not.
“I have written to Stagecoach managing director Andrew Jarvis to ask if this has been taken into account.”
Councillor Mollison had been contacted by the Newtonhill resident who said: “They are running a Saturday service during the day which will affect quite a lot of people going to work early in the morning – lots of people are back to work on the 3rd.”
She found out about the changes when she was planning a trip to London.
“I was very disappointed when I picked up the timetable for this period.
“I am flying back from London and I don’t get into Dyce until 9pm. There are no buses to get into Aberdeen or to get from the city to Newtonhill.
“What has happened to public transport? I realise that bus drivers need holidays the same as everyone else but normally the buses have been back to normal on 3 January.
“As far as I can see there has been no early indication that the buses would not run to their normal timetable until now.
“It is probably too late to do anything for this year but surely this situation is not right? There are lots of people will not be able to afford taxis and this will probably not help the drink-drive situation!”
- UPDATE, January 2013: Stagecoach say that buses were available, but perhaps their publicity was not clear enough about the services on offer.