A CAMPAIGN has been launched to get an axed bus service back on the road.

Port Glasgow West Community Council is asking transport bosses for a bursary to help get the Broadfield Circular back up and running.

Tommy Rodger, secretary of the community council, has written to head of service delivery Colin Napier at McGill's and Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.

Mr Rodger, in his letter to McGill's, said: "We feel that the Broadfield Circular should be re-instated; hopefully we can encourage SPT to give a bursary to re-instate the route, which serves many frail and elderly people who cannot walk the 200 hundred yards uphill to board an alternative service."

McGill's withdrew the service in November 2016, citing 'commercial reasons'.

Mr Rodger added: "Their response to our concerns was it was a financial decision to withdraw this service as the route was mostly used by Travel Pass holders, where the company only get 58 per cent of cost, therefore making it financially unviable."

He said many people affected voiced their concerns at a recent community council meeting.

Mr Rodger said: "These local residents, former users of the service, felt that your decision was discriminatory against vulnerable people who relied on the bus.

"We will be writing to SPT to communicate local residents' feelings on the withdrawal of the service.

"We will at the same time be requesting that SPT introduce a subsidy to help get the service re-introduced.

"It may be that one of the small ‘Skipper' buses could cover this route more economically, than a larger bus."

Mr Rodger has invited the team from McGill's, who attended a previous meeting in January, to come back to their next meeting, which is on September 24, to discuss the matter further.