THE head of a Lochaber transport group has underlined the importance of a reliable bus service to ‘the elderly, disabled and people on low incomes’ in the area, after Stagecoach announced last week it will close its Fort William depot, writes Neill Bo Finlayson.
Brian Murphy, chairman of the Lochaber Transport Forum, said he is not surprised by the company’s decision to pull out of Lochaber, with customers having faced years of ‘dirty’ and ‘unreliable’ buses. Now he has called for significant improvements to be made to this ‘vitally important’ service.
He said: ‘The travelling public in Lochaber have been badly let down by Stagecoach and their decision to pull out of the local area. Frankly, it didn’t come as much of a surprise because their services have been the target of many complaints to the Lochaber Transport Forum going back a number of years.