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Wales could lose a quarter of its bus services due to lack of funding, operators warn
Passengers queue to board a bus in Cardiff
WALES could lose up to a quarter of its bus services by the end of the financial year, operators have warned.
The Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT), which represents bus companies, estimated that between 20 and 25 per cent of the country’s services are at risk of closing without further long-term government funding.
CPT Cymru director Aaron Hill estimated nearly 10 per cent of Wales’s bus routes have been axed this summer following the end of the government’s £150 million emergency funding scheme.
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