I AM sorry to hear that Discover Dorset will not be running the D1 Durlston bus from Swanage Station this year.
In the early 1900s there was a regular service from Swanage Station to Durlston. The reintroduction of a half-hourly service last year was a huge success. Nearly 10,000 passengers used it.
I was a regular passenger. I caught the bus at about 4pm from Swanage, went into the Visitor’s Centre and then walked back through the fields.
Some people who lived in Durlston used the bus to take their heavy shopping home.
Discover Dorset also run the shuttle service from Bournemouth to the Airport.
They were very helpful when I left my wallet on the bus last week and I found them helpful last year when they were running the Durlston bus last year.
Durlston Castle is due to reopen in October so there should be a demand for a half-hourly bus service next year.
ROBIN BRASHER, High Street, Swanage
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