Labour politicians secure pledge to examine commercial school bus routes in Bargeddie and Stepps.

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Labour politicians state they have secured a pledge to examine commercial school bus routes in Bargeddie and Stepps. Positive discussions have taken place between election candidates Frank McNally and Katrina Murray and McGill’s Buses about establishing a new commercial route from Bargeddie to Coatbridge, via Blair Road, and from Stepps to Chryston High School.

These routes would replace school buses which have stopped following North Lanarkshire Council’s decision to adopt Scottish Government guidelines on school transport criteria and would be available free of charge to all pupils, using their under 22s bus pass.

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