Really something needs to be done about the transport system in this country. It all went wrong when privatisation took over.

Having a bus pass on some routes is laughable.

As a senior citizen I have a free pass. This is my timetable on my route Mon-Friday - 8.27am then every hour apart from 11.27 when the bus disappears until 12.27pm then every hour until 16.27. Same on return journey with a bus disappearing again at 11.15am.then every hour until the last bus on a Friday night at 17.15pm.

There are no buses on a Saturday or Sunday and if we have a bank holiday on a Monday there are no buses for three days. It’s a a joke so if I need doctor’s dentist or hospital appointment I have to work round my bus timetable or pay for a taxi.

If I want to visit family and friends at the weekend, forget it unless I get a taxi. and why do people have to go all the way to Preston to get a bus to Blackpool, Southport etc?

I once went to Southport from Preston. The travelling time round trip was three hours then I had to get a taxi from Blackburn bus station home - never again.

We need to get rid of the private bus companies who are only in it for the money and do not want the non profitable route.

Many non bus pass holders work weekends - how do they get to and from work if they have no transport? We need to get it sorted.

Wandering Walter