(16 Dec 2016, 10:42 pm)Andreos1 wrote Radio 4 ran a feature today on rural services today.I didn't hear it but I noticed that Friends of Dalesbus posted on their Facebook last night that today would be the last day of the Grand Prix Coaches 563 service between Kirkby Stephen and Penrith which I didn't know was ending until I saw the post on Facebook last night.
I concentrated on the service between Appleby and Penrith and compared to other previously supported services, that have been picked up by community groups.
Worth a listen if you can find it.
Here's a link to the programme: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b084ths2
The bit about the 563 starts about 8:50 into the programme apparently.
Think there is also doubts over some of the DalesBus routes returning in the summer next year, think the 830 which Arriva North East (and Travellers Choice) run and was also the route that featured on BBC Four's All Aboard! The Country Bus programme earlier in the year is one of the routes at risk of facing the axe.