All change as bus routes published

A SERIES of revised bus routes have been published following a change in contracts covering the north of Carmarthenshire.

Ca rma r t h e n s h i re Council has completed a tender process following notice from Morris Travel that it intended to hand back the routes it operates around the Llanarthne, Crugybar, Carmel, Llandeilo and Llandovery areas as of January 19.

As a result, the council has confirmed that it has been able to partially replace services in the Llandeilo, Llandovery and Lampeter areas which were under threat.

A new tender has been agreed with Morris Travel for services based around Llandeilo, which will see little change to services 276, 283 and 284 but with services 278 and 279 no longer operating on Mondays, and service 277 no longer operating on Saturdays.

However, services between Llandovery and Lampeter will be affected long-term with no response to the tender for these routes.

While there will be no direct services between Llandovery and Lampeter, the existing Bwcabus service has agreed to extend its area to provide all settlements with a bus service of some sort, albeit on reduced days for some.

The changes come in to effect on January 21. Timetables will be published on the council’s website and Traveline Cymru and distributed on the buses and via the council’s mobile library service.