Fight to save Ludlow bus service
Bus users have started a petition in a last-ditch attempt to save a rural service that acts as a lifeline between villages and towns.
The 492 between Hereford and Ludlow is due to be drastically cut back at the end of the month.
The bus will stop at Orleton on the south Shropshire border, just five miles short of Ludlow - and turn back to Hereford, snubbing the people of Shropshire apart from two school run buses on weekdays.
But objectors say the service acts as a main link for many who live in south Shropshire villages such as Overton, Batchcott and Richards Castle.
Now bus users have got together and raised over 140 signatures in a petition against the impending cut by Herefordshire Council in a last bid to get the authority to change its mind - though a spokesman for the council said while any letters would always be considered, the decision had already been made after a long consultation process.
Vivienne Parry, Shropshire councillor for Ludlow South has been involved with the petition.
