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Reducing school bus pass times will have 'huge impact on a small number of students'

MHK questions decision to bring deadline forward by an hour

An MHK says a decision to reduce the amount of time students can travel for free on buses will have a 'huge impact on a small number of students'.

From tomorrow (4 November) pupils will have an hour less to use their Go School bus pass.

Cards SCH1 and SCH2 will only be valid until 5pm, instead of 6pm, after which they'll have to pay a half fare.

You can read more HERE.

Arbory, Castletown and Malew MHK Jason Moorhouse will ask the Infrastructure Minister in Tuesday's sitting of the House of Keys (5 November) what factors contributed to making that decision:

Bus Vannin says the 6pm deadline was put in place to accommodate students who attend after school activities, whilst most pupils are off site by 4.15pm.

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