Bus operators claim axing the Transport Scotland funding will have 'severe consequences' for services.
CPT Scotland surveyed its members on the likely actions they would take should NSG Plus end in October.
"If the grant concludes in October then there will likely be severe consequences on services and fares levels, and our ability to progress shared objectives such as growth in free travel and decarbonisation will be undermined." Conservative MSP Graham Simpson, who raised the issue at Holyrood this week, said NSG Plus had kept bus services going as passenger numbers slumped during the pandemic."It is vital that support is extended again as is happening in England or we will see services go and fares rising. That's a recipe for disaster."A Transport Scotland spokesman said the Scottish government was facing "an extremely challenging financial landscape".
The spokesman added that the Scottish government provided up to £210m in emergency funding to support bus services during the pandemic and the latest Scottish Budget allocated £410m in funding for bus services and concessionary fares.
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