Mr. Jeremy Ryan:

There are approved bus stops on every Local Link route. Those stops have to be approved by the local authority in which the service operates. It is not our responsibility to approve them from a safety point of view. Demand-responsive transport, particularly smart demand-responsive transport, is different. The services do not operate on fixed routes. The buses can be booked and the drivers can vary the routes and stop at any locations they consider safe. It is only with smart demand-responsive services that this can happen. For a fixed-route, scheduled service, every stop must be approved by the local authority from a safety point of view.