I have been campaigning for this service for some time now. I am pleased to announce the new Service will be run by JTR Travel in partnership with METRO from the end of the month. The new service takes over from the old 357 service which is being withdrawn by another bus company. The withdrawal of the old service threatened to leave Quarmby residents with a severely reduced level of service running between their homes and Huddersfield Town Centre.  

Overall I am very pleased that METRO has responded to me and my residents concerns about the withdrawal of the old service and they’ve done a good job of sorting out a suitable replacement in a very short period of time.  Local people have now got to use this service.  Its being provided on a ‘use it, or lose it’ basis from the end of the month, and METRO will only be able to justify funding it if it’s carrying enough people. 

My ward colleagues and I urge people living locally to get behind the new service and make certain that METRO have no choice put to keep it on the road.