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Bus route in England
159
Overview
OperatorRoberts Coaches
Statusceased operation
Ended service2023
Route
StartCoalville
EndHinckley

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.

In November 2018, Roberts Coaches stated that the route was no longer commercially viable and that it would be withdrawn.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

In December 2022, it was announced that the route would be withdrawn after 25 February 2023.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.

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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