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Overview | |
Operator | Roberts Coaches |
Status | ceased operation |
Ended service | 2023 |
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In November 2018, Roberts Coaches stated that the route was no longer commercially viable and that it would be withdrawn.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In December 2022, it was announced that the route would be withdrawn after 25 February 2023.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]