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FILLING THE GAPS
| 题名： | FILLING THE GAPS |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 摘要： | From the most modest of beginnings not quite six years ago, South Pennine Community Transport has grown into a significant, if still small scale provider of public transport in West Yorkshire and adjoining local authority areas. Its mission is to fill gaps in larger operators' networks and provide some of the cross-border services that councils seem unwilling to prioritise. And while Ford Transit minibuses form the backbone of its fleet, it has begun to complement them with larger "proper" buses and in recent months, as a national shortage of skilled bus and truck drivers has become more acute, it has helped out one of the region's larger operators by running two of its services under contract. South Pennine is based in Honley, between Huddersfield and Holmfirth. It outgrew its previous base at Crossley Mills and moved last May into the Station Yard site previously occupied by Yorkshire Tiger and before that by the K-Line business. Within its first four years, it grew from carrying 126 passengers per month to 7,230. Most are entitled to free travel through the England National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS), but more than 26% of its passengers in 2019 paid fares (some with PTE tickets, but mainly with cash). More than half of all journeys were essential shopping trips and more than a fifth were for work or education. |
| 出版年： | 2022 |
| 期刊名称： | Buses |
| 卷： | 74 |
| 期： | 803 |
| 页码： | 52-54,56 |
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