Greens run New Year’s Day Bus Service for a record 31st year.

Sue & Andrew with the minibus

Newsome Ward Green Councillors are running a free, volunteer run bus service on New Year’s Day. 

The bus service runs from Berry Brow, through Newsome village, the Town Centre and up to Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. It has run for 31 years with only one break in 2020 due to the pandemic. Newsome Green Party Councillors Andrew Cooper, Sue Lee-Richards and Karen Allison all volunteer on the service. Sue’s husband Gideon Richards also helps with the driving.

Councillor Andrew Cooper said,

“We never thought, when we began the service, that it would still be going all these years later. We used to run a service on Boxing Day until services were reintroduced a few years ago. 

Andrew  & Karen putting up timetables

“People really appreciate the service. It helps them see relatives in hospital, do some shopping and nip out to see friends for a drink or a meal. Sometimes we pick people standing at bus stops who have no idea that there are no bus services running on New Year’s Day.

“Our New Year’s Bus service is something we look forward to each year. There ‘s always a new story each year of someone we have helped who would otherwise be stuck or having to pay for an expensive taxi. We are grateful to Kirklees Council who now loan us the minibus for the day.”

Timetable for the bus service