Royal Mail to axe two-thirds of rural bus service
Royal Mail has come under fire for axing two-thirds of a bus service that serves isolated rural areas.
Kent County Council said Royal Mail went ahead with the controversial decision despite an offer of increased financial support to keep the services going.
Post buses collect mail from post boxes and ferry people from isolated areas into and out of towns.
Nine services currently operate across the county but from September there will be only three in Gravesham and Sittingbourne.
KCC said Royal Mail originally planned to axe all the services but relented on three following urgent discussions with the county council.
The services facing the axe are numbers 301, 302 and 303 that serve villages in the Canterbury area plus 330, 331 and 332 in the Maidstone area.
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