In an ironic twist, the X14 Huntingdon-Cambridge Science Park service is one of nine routes on a hitlist drawn up by Cambridgeshire County Council as it looks to save £300,000 (link below.)
http://www.huntspost.co.uk/content/hunts/news/story.aspx?brand=HPTOnline&category=News&tBrand=HertsCambsOnline&tCategory=newslatestHPT&itemid=WEED15%20Aug%202008%2011%3A20%3A25%3A193The Stagecoach-run service runs on weekdays from Hinchingbrooke Hospital to Cambridge Science Park, stopping in Huntingdon, St Ives and Fenstanton and at Cambridge Regional College.
The County Council says the routes are under-used, with an average of just six passengers on the X14 service. This means the public pays £12.14 for every passenger journey.
"No-one likes to make the tough decisions to reduce or withdraw any bus service.
"We are in the horrible position of having to make savings to fund other services which the Council provides.
"The routes we are looking to withdraw have only two to eight passengers. We simply cannot sustain bus services which only a handful of people use."
A six-week consultation period begins on Saturday, August 16, and runs until September 26. A final decision on the future of the services will be made in November, with the changes coming into effect in January 2009.
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