A CAMPAIGN calling for faster bus routes to Glasgow's new superhospital is expanding.
Drumchapel-based charity G15 Buses (SCIO) has offered to help neighbouring Clydebank as locals there also have concerns about travel times to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.
The group is calling for a quicker, direct service. Concerns were raised over the amount of time it takes to get to the hospital.
Now, the charity has agreed to help the people of Clydebank who say they also face long travel times to the hospital via public transport.
Will Thomson, a trustee of G15 Buses, said: “Since G15 has officially obtained charity status we have been hearing from the people of Clydebank saying they want to see a similar service brought to Clydebank.
“The G15 group’s mandate is to bring a bus service that will deliver a quicker route from Drumchapel to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.
“However, we are more than happy to support the people of Clydebank who are experiencing the exact same problem as us, if not a bit worse.”
At the end of last year Clydebank did manage to get a trial bus service on the go thanks to efforts from the Dalmuir and Mountblow Community Council.
After three months the trial was deemed unsuccessful and came to an end with members from the community council disagreeing with the decision.
G15’s campaign, however, has renewed hopes that a much needed service could be back on the cards.
Liz Gill, the secretary for the Dalmuir and Mountblow Community Council, said: “The campaign from the Drumchapel group is very welcome and any support we can get to bring back a service is only a good thing.
“The trial service this community council fought for last year had 700 people using the service every week. In our eyes that was a well-used service and shouldn’t have been brought to an end. But hopefully with this G15 group supporting us we can work on getting the bus service back.”
Daniel Lennie, a councillor for West Dunbartonshire and a former member of the community council, said: “G15 Buses is a really really good idea and I am confident that each community would do everything in their powers to help and assist each other through this.
“The service is needed and that’s the bottom line.”
G15 Buses (SCIO) was given charitable status in May this year.
The charity was formed from the Drumchapel Initiative of Transport (DrifT) which was originally formed three years ago after a decision was made not to link up the area with the former Southern General on the city’s South Side.