Bus
operator RH "ceases to operate"
BUS operator RH Transport Services has announced
that its services will “cease to operate” by the end of the day. The Witney company, which operates the No 700
hospital park-and-ride service in Oxford, routes linking towns in West
Oxfordshire including the X8 between Witney and Chipping Norton, and school bus
services across the county, is set to go into administration tomorrow. RH is also the operator of the X9 and C1 and T1
Cotswold Line Railbus routes, which connect with trains at Kingham and
Charlbury stations, and the X15 Witney-Abingdon service.
The schools served by the firm's buses have been
informed of the situation.
RH Transport currently provides 30 education
transport services in Oxfordshire. These services will not run on Friday. Chipping Norton, Henry Box and Wood Green secondary
schools have inset days tomorrow so services were not scheduled to run anyway.
Local School services operated by RH Transport are:Chipping Norton School - Charlbury Spelsbry
Chipping Norton School - Charlbury
Chipping Norton School - Enstone
Chipping Norton School - Dean Chadlington
Chipping Norton School - Middle Barton
Kingham CP School - Salford Churchill
Holy Trinity RC School - Charlbury/Enstone
Chipping Norton School - Charlbury
The regular local passenger routes operated by RH
are:
C1: Charlbury Rail BusX8: Wychwoods – Kingham – Chipping Norton
X9: Witney – Charlbury - Chipping Norton
These services will not run tomorrow or until replacement operators have been found by the council.
