Great news this week as Reading Buses brought in the first ever accessible buses on Route 63 and 64 which link Reading and Woodley Town Centres. This follows campaigns by Lib Dems in Woodley and Reading.
I became aware of this issue after I was contacted last summer by a young mum from the London Road area who explained to me her difficulties getting on and off buses on Routes 63 and 64 with a young child and push chair. She was frustrated that the Woodley-Reading bus routes didn't have accessible buses when other bus service by Reading Buses did.
I got in touch with Tony Jones, Chairman of Reading Buses, about the problem and to his credit he and his new Chief Executive, James Freeman looked into the issue straight away.
I'm pleased to say that a few months on they have delivered on their promise to me to get low floor buses on the road on Routes 63 and 64 as soon as possible. Very nice of them to paint the new buses Lib Dem orange too!
Beth Rowland, Lib Dem Leader of Woodley Town Council , has been campaigning for improvements to bus services between Woodley and Reading for many years and as a regular bus user she was as happy as I was to see the buses finally arrive.
Now to lobby Tony and James to improve the timetable on Route 19 so my constituents travelling home from the centre of Reading can get a bus after 18:45pm in the evening - not too much to ask is it?!
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