At the Oxfordshire County Council meeting in February 2016 when the County Council budget for 2016/17 was agreed, it was resolved that the County Council will stop paying any financial support to commercial bus operators to enable them to run loss-making bus services across the (mostly) rural areas of Oxfordshire.
The bus services which run through Aston and Cote (numbers 18 and 19) are entirely dependent on financial support from the County Council. Whilst the Parish Council has been working with Stagecoach (the current bus service provider) and the County Council to seek a solution to retain some form of public bus service in our parish, it appears very unlikely that this will be possible. This means that from summer 2016 there will no longer be any form of scheduled bus service running in Aston and Cote.
The County Council has now confirmed that the County Council Cabinet will be asked to move the date for the cessation of its financial support for the bus service back to the end of the school year (20 July 2016).
Click here for the information on the County Council website.
The Aston & Cote Community Minibus will continue to provide a weekly shopping service to Witney - see their page on our website here.
The bus services which run through Aston and Cote (numbers 18 and 19) are entirely dependent on financial support from the County Council. Whilst the Parish Council has been working with Stagecoach (the current bus service provider) and the County Council to seek a solution to retain some form of public bus service in our parish, it appears very unlikely that this will be possible. This means that from summer 2016 there will no longer be any form of scheduled bus service running in Aston and Cote.
The County Council has now confirmed that the County Council Cabinet will be asked to move the date for the cessation of its financial support for the bus service back to the end of the school year (20 July 2016).
Click here for the information on the County Council website.
The Aston & Cote Community Minibus will continue to provide a weekly shopping service to Witney - see their page on our website here.
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