Residents of a Perthshire village set up their own bus company after losing their local service.
BBC Scotland Tayside and Central reporter
But thanks to a group of volunteers and the recruitment of three full-time drivers, the service is back and proving more popular than ever.Glenfarg Community Transport Group said the 55 service now enjoys about 300 passenger journeys per week, an increase of 200 on last year.Group chairman Drew Smart said: "Behind those 300 journeys every week, there are 300 stories."It's not about buses, it's really about people.
David Keith, one of the full-time drivers, said the passenger numbers have "blown expectations out of the water." Fellow driver Geoff Christie said: "People from the village that work in Edinburgh, Dundee or Perth, they can get to their work by 09:00."Kinross is also really bad for taxis, so we're providing another service that get people backward and forward - it's provided a social element to a small village.
"It is a daunting prospect, but if you've got a group of people who are dedicated and can see the benefit in the long run, it's well worth doing." He said: "We do a really good service down to Kinross, and we could really benefit in the village from having a similar service to Perth.
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