Diamond Bus North West

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RE: South Lancs Travel
News update on SLT's 715 service. The TfGM timetable had SLT stepping in with some replacement journeys following Arriva's withdrawal of some journeys back at the end of October, however on VOSA, the service is registered from 13 December 2013.

PC0004417/199 - GREEN TRIANGLE BUSES LTD T/A SOUTH LANCASHIRE TRAVEL, 78 HIGH STREET, UTTOXETER, ST14 7JD
Registration Accepted
Starting Point: Wigan Bus Station, Hallgate, Wigan
Finish Point: Bolton Bus Station, Moor Lane, Bolton
Via: Aspull, Westhoughton, Lostock Junction, Ladybridge
Service Number: 715
Service Type: Normal Stopping
Effective Date: 13-DEC-2013
Other Details: Monday to Saturday, hourly

The situation is that service is running but only on weekdays and they're offering free travel on the journeys until the service 'officially' starts in a fortnight.

Here's what SLT have said about the situation:

Quote:Passengers may be aware that at the moment no fares are charged to use South Lancs Travel service 715 buses. This is because the Traffic Commissioner has refused to accept our application to operate the service from the date we requested.

However we believe that, given time, the service will be viable and unless we continue to run it free unfortunately we will not be allowed to run it at all in the short term.

We will start charging fares from 13th December.

In the meantime, we will be operating a free Monday to Friday service. We hope that passengers will support us during this period, as a free journey is really good value, especially at this time of year!