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Call for support as bus service secured with £72k funding

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October 03, 2025

Funding totalling £72k over two years has secured an Auchterarder bus service and operators are now calling on the public to support it to ensure it can continue to serve the community.

- ALASTAIR MCNEILL

Call for support as bus service secured with £72k funding

Cash boost Cafe Kisa joint owners Sam Wightman and Kirsty Laird with Colin Docherty of Docherty's Midland Coaches

But operators this week stressed that passenger numbers had to grow to keep the service operating.

‘The service is a partnership between Docherty's Midland Coaches and the town’s Café Kisa which operates a loyalty scheme providing free coffee for passengers.

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