Half of bus routes across Britain have been axed, analysis finds
A rural bus stop
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HALF of local bus routes have been axed as private operators choose the most profitable operations and abandon those that provide much-needed services to communities, analysis shows.
Labour research found today that 8,000 routes have been slashed since 2010 — 2,000 of them in the last year alone.
The West Midlands was the hardest hit region in England, with over two-thirds of local bus services lost since 2010, it found.
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