It's a bumper ticket to ride
A BUS service that costs £50,000 a year to carry an average of 10 people each day is believed to be Britain's most expensive public transport service.
The dial-a-ride "Gaberlunzie" service, a medieval Scots word for a licensed beggar, operates in rural East Lothian and costs the council 976 in subsidies, a report has found.
It charges 1 per journey and travels through areas such as Oldhamstocks, Broxburn, Dunbar, Haddington and Aberlady.
East Lothian Council said it was conducting a review of its publicly-supported bus services to cut the budget by a third but could not confirm if the Gaberlunzie service would be axed.
Email to a friend
Print this page- Family mourn death of Glasgow ‘fight’ schoolboy
- Rangers takeover: Duff & Phelps threaten legal action against BBC
- Today’s youth not fit to be employed, says car firm Arnold Clark
- Rangers administration: Fans fear Duff & Phelps claims could scare off Green
- Rangers takeover: triple penalty punishment enough, says Johnston
- Alistair Darling leads ‘No to independence’ fight over tea and biscuits
- Scottish independence: SNP flip-flops over Nato
- Scottish Independence: SNP ‘won’t be Yes campaign’s only voice’
- Scottish independence: Alex Salmond’s pledge to sign up 1m voters
- Today’s youth not fit to be employed, says car firm Arnold Clark
Looking for...
Featured advertisers
Jobs
Search for a job
Motors
Search for a car
Property
Search for a house
Weather for Edinburgh
Sunday 27 May 2012
Today
Sunny
Temperature: 10 C to 22 C
Wind Speed: 12 mph
Wind direction: North east
Tomorrow
Sunny
Temperature: 9 C to 21 C
Wind Speed: 12 mph
Wind direction: North east
