SAM ROWLANDS, Member of the Welsh Parliament for North Wales, says he is seriously concerned over the Welsh Government’s pledge to expand the bus network and introduce a £2 bus fare cap if they win the next Senedd election.
Mr Rowlands, Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Transport and Infrastructure, has criticised the announcement and said: “The Welsh Labour Government has had over 27 years to improve our bus network especially in rural areas yet this had not happened, in fact judging from the many emails I receive about this service, it is getting worse.
“My constituency of North Wales has many rural areas where they still do not have a reliable bus service or nothing at all.
“For the Welsh Government to say they will look at improving this and introduce a £2 bus fare cap if they are in power after the May elections is unbelievable.
“They are running the country now and should be getting on with it as opposed to making this a post-election promise.
“It was the UK Conservative Government that first introduced the £2 bus fare cap, back in 2023, three years ago. Labour’s Rachel Reeves, raised the cap by 50%, to £3.
“The Welsh Labour Government, propped up routinely by Plaid Cymru, cannot be trusted to expand the bus network to more rural areas outside of their electoral heartlands, as they have repeatedly failed to for 27 years – only the Welsh Conservatives can.”
