Demand for Market Drayton bus service changes
Residents in Market Drayton have claimed it can be difficult to find work outside of the town due to "inadequate bus services".
More than 30 people attended a Bus Users Shropshire meeting at the Festival Drayton Centre to make comments about the bus services.
One resident said the first bus to Shrewsbury does not run in school holidays so any job that starts before 8.45am in Shrewsbury town centre is unavailable.
Residents said to get to Telford, where there can be more job opportunities, it is even harder, with no suitably-timed journeys for work.
They said an increasing number of employers expect people to work on Sundays, but there are no buses.
Other issues raised included a hole in the town's bus shelter, meaning it is not waterproof, and a suggestion that the routes do not cover some of the town. Calls were made for a direct service between Whitchurch and Market Drayton.
Chairman of the group Peter Gilbert said: "The meeting was one of our best-attended with a total of 32 people who came along.
"I will now email the 12 bullet points that people raised to the cabinet member for transport."
But Keith Myatt, a spokesman for Arriva Buses, said: "The first bus on school holidays leaves Market Drayton at 7.42am and arrives in Shrewsbury 8.35am."
With regards to a service between Whitchurch and Market Drayton, he said: "A service needs to be commercially viable. We don't think the demand for such a service would make it viable."
