WE HAVE an excellent bus service in Blaenafon. Stagecoach runs every 10 mins for most of the day. It travels up the valley via Varteg goes up Church Road and down High Street. It does not go down Cwmavon Road.

Phil Anslow runs two buses. The first bus runs over the mountain to Brynmawr. The second bus runs down Cwmavon Road giving us access to the areas not covered by Stagecoach. It also runs around the outskirts of Blaenafon.

Both companies provide different but equally vital services. I cannot understand why there should be a problem in Cwmbran bus station. I have been on the Phil Anslow bus and on numerous occasions, they cannot pull in to drop off or pick up passengers because there is a Newport bus in one spot and a Stagecoach in the other spot where the 30 should drop off and pick up.

Is this a case of the big company trying to put a smaller one out of business? Surely it would be simple to arrange 2/3 places for the Anslow buses. It is time the bus companies acted like grown ups and not squabbling children.

Freda York
Ton Mawr Road
Blaenafon