PASSENGERS' CLAIM * UK - Concern at 'life-line' bus cuts

Cuts to a rural bus service will leave many without a link to nearby towns for work and shopping, it is claimed

Gwynedd ,UK -BBC News -11 June 2008: -- One woman said she collected 250 names on a petition demanding the number 38 service, between Barmouth and Blaenau Ffestiniog in Gwynedd, is protected... Sarah Gilbert said many would be left stranded if the service was cut... A spokesman for Gwynedd County Council said a review of public transport had been held recently and the new 38 service would reflect this... (Picture: The bus service runs 10 times a day each way at present)