X6 stagecoach service

The X6 Kendal service which used to be X35 barrow to Kendal service the decision was made that stagecoach no longer wanted help from the local council to subsidise the route but the route is still in fact being subsidised by the council.

Pictures below is one of the new fleet that now operates the route many passengers are still concerned over this route and how it's run because the X6 wasn't the only route to receive change the 6 route that operates to ulverston still remains but there is also the 6 which operates to Windermere this replaced the 618 service which was run by the travellers choice but people expressed there views because it cuts the route off at Windermere and now has no direct connection to Ambleside

Speaking with a few people who answered a few questions they said that they use the 6 services to get about but many people who work in Ambleside are have to change at Windermere and get the 555 to Keswick to continue there journey specially when commuting to work this puts an added expense on there journey to work.

Stagecoach in barrow refused to comment when asked about the services but that didn't surprise us at all they had to say it was a necessary cutback.

We weren't surprised at the change in service as revealed the old blue service buses that operated the X35 before this were costing stagecoach too much money as it cost them over £2000 every time the recovery had to come out and sort out the buses as they don't have their own recovery vehicles at the base.