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| Service 755 at Windermere |
Driver shortages at Stagecoach continue to bite, with regular short-notice cancellations occurring in Lancaster mainly on services 1/1A and 100, but also on other routes.
Now, having been "suspended" for much of October and having returned briefly for half-term week, the company has announced that service 755 Heysham (Ocean Edge) - Bowness-on-Windermere will not be running between Monday 1st and Saturday 6th November inclusive.
Stagecoach has also announced a raft of planned service reductions in Carlisle, West Cumbria and the Lakes with numerous individual journeys withdrawn and the trunk X4/X5 Workington-Keswick-Penrith services reduced to an hourly frequency. Two services in the Keswick area, 77/77A (Buttermere) and 78 (Seatoller) are completely withdrawn, although this is said to be due to an "emergency road closure".
Although 755 provides a number of bespoke through links, most of its route is duplicated by alternative services and the timetable is geared around leisure and tourist traffic, which is lower at this time of year. The Bus Users' Group would not be surprised to see the service "suspended" again in the coming weeks and wonders whether it might be better to admit defeat and suspend it until the Spring so that the drivers can be employed on busier services and passengers can plan ahead with more certainty.
The full list of cancellations can be seen on this link.
