Nightly bus service returns to Oswestry 'to support economy'

The buses will pick up and drop off in several villages including, Llanymynech, Gobowen and St Martins

A new weekend night bus service is to resume in a Shropshire town.

Oswestry has suffered from a lack of taxis so the service is being reintroduced from Saturday to boost the night-time economy, the town's business improvement group said.

The buses will pick up and drop off in a number of villages including, Llanymynech, Gobowen and St Martins with the last stop at 03:00 GMT.

It follows a review of services earlier this year, the group said.

"We reviewed it this year and I'm sure everybody would agree we've got problems with a lack of taxis, not just in Oswestry but across the country, so we really wanted to support our night-time economy to try to make sure people could get into town of a night time and home.

"Of course there's also the safety element to make sure there's an offering for people to get home safely," Adele Nightingale, from the group, said.

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