Save the school bus

This is the communication between Stagecoach & School:-
Stagecoach Service changes in the Cirencester Area from 10th November 2013
In May 2012, we decided to double the frequency between Cirencester and Swindon, a project we wanted to try for some time but which we had been prevented from doing with the effects of the recession. We created Service 53 to link the then existing Cirencester Town Services 58 and 59 with the Cricklade/Purton – Swindon service then being abandoned by another operator. Unfortunately despite injecting two extra buses and four drivers into the route, the results after 18 months indicate that less than half the costs of the improvement have been covered and it is with considerable reluctance that we are having to reduce these services down to the sort of level at which they were running previously whilst still retaining an hourly Purton – Swindon frequency and later evening journeys from Swindon to Cirencester. Service 51 will provide a link between Cricklade and Kingshill School in the morning and afternoon, serving South Cerney, Siddington and Cirencester Market Place. Stagecoach will no longer be providing journeys linking Stratton to Deer Park and Kingshill Schools at School times.