159 Coalville–Hinckley

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Overview
Operator Roberts Coaches
Statusceased operation
Ended service2023
Route
Start Coalville
End Hinckley

159 was a bus route in England that operates between Coalville and Hinckley, it was operated by Roberts Coaches.

The route operated approximately every 1.5 hours from Monday to Saturday. [1]

In November 2018, Roberts Coaches stated that the route was no longer commercially viable and that it would be withdrawn. [2] However, in December the local council agreed to continue funding the route. [3]

In December 2022, it was announced that the route would be withdrawn after 25 February 2023. The local council stated that at a cost of £162,000 per year it could not afford to continue subsidising the route. It stated that demand-responsive transport would be implemented for those who would no longer have a local bus route. [4] [5] [6]

References

  1. ↑ "159 timetable" (PDF). Roberts Coaches. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  2. ↑ Orton, Amy (2018-11-23). "Another bus cut blow for village without rush hour service". LeicestershireLive. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  3. ↑ "Update - Roberts Coaches - Route 159 Coalville to Hinckley". UK Local Councils. 2018-12-07. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  4. ↑ "Leicestershire bus service set to end after council funding cut". BBC News. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  5. ↑ Richardson, Hannah (2022-12-21). "Bus route connecting two towns cut leaving villages unserved". LeicestershireLive. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  6. ↑ "159 bus service that links Hinckley and Coalville is going to be scrapped". Fosse 107. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
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