A call to scrap bus changes to a route that residents fear will leave them with no service has attracted cross party political support.

The Evening Times has reported the changes proposed by First Bus to the number 4/4A service to remove it from Kelvindale, sparking anger from the community who say it leaves no direct service to the city centre and west end.

Pauline McNeill, Glasgow Labour MSP, has lodged a motion at the Scottish Parliament backing the residents’ campaign and calling on First to reconsider its plan, due to take effect later this month.

Colleagues form Labour and MSPs from the Greens and the SNP in the city and beyond have backed her call.

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She said residents in Anniesland, Knightswood, Scotstoun and Jordanhill will also be badly affected.

The motion is backed by other Glasgow MSPs, Patrick Harvie of the Greens, Anas Sarwar from Labour and the SNP’s James Dornan and Sandra White.

Labour Lothians MSP Iain Gray and Greens West of Scotland MSP, Ross Greer, also support the call.

Ms McNeil said 2000 people have signed a petition to ask First Glasgow to think again and she urged the firm to take the views of the passengers into account before pressing ahead and implementing the change.

The changes are part of a raft of timetable and route alterations to begin on October 23.

The firm has already overturned proposals to cut part of the 49 route between Govan and Southpark.

On the company’s Website it stated: “Following discussions with Strathclyde Partnership for Transport this service will continue to operate unchanged.”

The firm said there will be a new Express service between Knightswood and the city centre operating every 30 minutes.

The changes leave Kelvindale with no direct link to the centre of town.

The company has previously came under criticism form city politicians.

Patrick Harvie had said the firm was putting profit before passengers and called for regulation to ensure passengers’ needs in communities poorly served by public transport were taken seriously.

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The mater was also raised with First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon in the Scottish Parliament.

She said that she expected the company, and all other bus firms should engage fully with the affected communities before any services are withdrawn.

A First Glasgow statement on the website said: “These changes are designed to ensure that the services we provide continue to match passenger demand.

“In a small number of cases, we will unfortunately be withdrawing services or journeys where passengers usage has declined to the point that it no longer meets the cost of operating the service.

“In most cases, an alternative First Glasgow service will still exist, and we have included details of these alternatives but passengers should check that these directly match their travel requirements.”