Concerns over ‘lifeline’ bus route

People in a West Sussex village say cuts to a bus service that connects them with nearby towns risks isolating them from their GP surgery and other essential services.

From Sunday 1st September some route 17 Stagecoach South services from Brighton, East Sussex, will terminate in Partridge Green and not travel further north.

Stagecoach said its busiest buses from Partridge Green towards Horsham would continue as normal, including morning and later afternoon services.

Partridge Green resident, Olivia Izzard, said: ‘There comes a point where we have to consider our more vulnerable residents, and a lot of us are over 80; the bus is our lifeline.’