Ambrose pushing for additional routes for Clonmel Town Bus Service
Cllr. Siobhan Ambrose is pushing for additional routes for inclusion in the Clonmel Town Bus Service. This follows the latest report given to her which shows that over 22,500 passengers availed of the bus service in September. Cllr. Ambrose who represents the Clonmel District on the Transport Committee said “This service commenced last December and if you look at the figures broken down month on month you have almost 1,000 new passengers using this service. They’re phenomenal figures and we’re really delighted that’s there’s been such an uptake on the service. The routes are good but we’re also aware that this is only phase one of this service. It covers three areas of the town but we want to look at rolling out other phases around the town.”
According to Cllr Ambrose we are constantly on to the Department looking for additional routes to be added and in turn more phases to be rolled out. The fact that we have the figures to show that month on month we have seen roughly 1,000 additional users that’s obviously going to help us as we engage with the Department with respect to adding additional routes onto the Clonmel Town Bus Service. I am aware that since it started last December that the Clonmel Town Bus Service has been a lifeline to so many people in terms of offering passengers the option of travelling into the town centre to either shop or visit friends during the day or in the evenings. I have been inundated with passengers telling me how great the service is and how helpful the bus drivers are to all of the passengers. Cllr. Ambrose also reminded members of the public that leap cards are available from the Post Office which give reduced fares for passengers. The future rollout of additional phases of the Clonmel Town bus is vital from both a social and an economic perspective for both passengers and local businesses and given the almost 1,000 extra passengers being recorded month on month I will continue to push for additional routes to be added to this service.
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