Arriva have announced their latest cuts to bus services but Kent County Council is able to stop those cuts. We must put pressure on KCC to prevent the continued destruction of our public transport.

Those services being cut include the number 8 through Fant taking people to the hospital and into the town centre, the 334 to Sittingbourne and Sheppey, the 55 to Ringlestone and 79 to Penenden Heath plus reductions in many more services.

KCC can support those services if it choses to. Maidstone Borough Council can work with bus companies if it choses to. Sadly both Conservative run councils are not supporting public transport and are failing their residents.

Let's tell them that they need to stop the cuts to our essential services and properly support our bus services.

More info here:

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/more-bus-services-axed-to-reduce-costs-287474/

- Withdrawal of 334 service

- Withdrawal of 8 service

- Withdrawal of 55 service

- Withdrawal of 79 service

- School bus on 9 to serve Downswood and Madginford and will no longer serve Bearsted (Downswood and Madginford will leave approx. 30mins earlier than current timetable and will have a longer running time after school time pick-up)

- School bus on 4 to cease, to be replaced by 9

- Service 5 to no longer serve Sandhurst and terminate at Hawkhurst Moor

- Some early evening journeys on Service 5 will no longer run

- Majority of service 12 journeys to no longer serve Headcorn Station forecourt

- Sunday 71 frequency reduced from 30 mins to hourly

- 85 Monday - Saturday frequency reduces from 12 to 15. Sunday reduces 20 to 30