In response to the letter from Disgruntled Passenger, (Bus service must improve, May 29) may I point out that the council do not run bus services and that the 489 service does not go to Guildford.
From Epsom services 479 to Guildford and 489 to Bookham Station are run by BETC Ltd as a purely commercial venture which receives no subsidy from the council. I use these services frequently and have never come across drivers completing only part of the journey, even when running late due to traffic congestion in Guildford, Leatherhead and Epsom.
Currently the last journey from Epsom to Guildford on a Monday - Friday is the 17.10 from Epsom with the 18.10 journey ending at Bookham Station.
I understand that a revised timetable will be introduced shortly with more frequent departures and a later end time for the services.
John Kaye
Epsom
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