A bus depot is facing closure after transport bosses said it is not financially sustainable.
Arriva has announced that it is consulting with employees on closing its Oswestry depot, saying the loss-making base has been"hit hard" by the change of travel behaviours since the Covid pandemic. The firm has said it cannot comment on how many jobs could be lost during the consultation period.
The move would see the shutting of the depot, though Arriva say customer journeys would be"largely unaffected" with the main bus routes operated from the Oswestry site transferring across to the firm’s Shrewsbury and Wrexham depots. Arriva says that despite extensive interventions to attempt to boost passenger numbers, including engagement with Shropshire Council to address the situation,"regretfully" it has not been possible to return the depot to a financially sustainable operation and affected employees have been notified of the consultation to close the Oswestry site.
“While there would be very limited impact on customer journeys, closing depots is not a decision we take lightly and this only follows sustained and extensive interventions to attempt to turn around the losses in Shropshire.
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