RH Transport: details of replacement bus services

Users of the 14 bus services will travel free-of-charge on Monday 8 October following the inconvenience caused as a result of the family-run West Oxfordshire company having entered administration on Friday October 5.

New operators will follow the exact same timetables as the previous RH buses.

The contracts that have been awarded will run until June 2013, except for the 700 which will run until March 2013.

The vast majority of Oxfordshire was unaffected by the RH Transport situation. The 14 RH routes represented around five per cent of overall services in Oxfordshire.

Hard work and words of thanks

Councillor Rodney Rose, the Deputy Leader of Oxfordshire County Council and Cabinet Member for Transport, said: “We’ve made a lot of progress in a very short space of time and that is testament to the experience and knowledge of the staff in our public transport team and the strong professional relationships they have with personnel at bus companies throughout Oxfordshire and beyond.”

“I’d also like to thank all of the different bus companies with whom we’ve been in dialogue over the last couple of days. They’ve shown a great deal of flexibility and understanding.

“Regular users of services previously provided by RH Transport should also be thanked for their forbearance and I hope they can see that all at the council have rolled up their sleeves and worked hard on their behalf to minimise disruption. We hope the free travel on Monday will be a satisfactory conclusion for them to what has been a tough few days for all of us.”