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SAVE OUR BUS SERVICE!

Posted by merrieman on August 27, 2008

Villagers say they will be cut off from Cambridge because their bus services face the axe.

Horningsea has a minimum of two buses a day in each direction on the 196 service, which is run by Whippet Coaches and subsidised by Cambridgeshire County Council.

In May, Stagecoach agreed to run more buses through the village from Waterbeach for six months.

But villagers are dismayed that Stagecoach is to withdraw its number 8 services because it is not commercially viable – the county council could withdraw its subsidy for the 196 service, which would also cease to run through the village.

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