Seven years ago we decided to send our oldest child to St Nicholas' School in Northwich based on several factors, not least that there was a direct bus from London Road to Greenbank in Northwich.

Our other two children followed, one now about to enter the sixth form and the third will start her GCSE courses in September.

We now find that the number 44 bus has been withdrawn without any consultation. The new 45/46 timetable has an hourly service except for 8am which is the time our children need and does not go via Hartford. There is no suitable bus home either. Both of us work and cannot take our children to and from school and rely on public transport.

Altogether there are 12 children, many of whose parents are teachers or health workers, who have been left in the same situation. Our children are at an important time in their educational lives and use public transport on a daily basis.

Please can WBT reconsider and put the Greenbank bus back on the timetable for the start and finish of the school day, encouraging youngsters to use public transport must be in their own interest as well! Students also go to Sir John Deane's and Mid-Cheshire College from this area, it appears from the timetable that some arrangements have been made for them but not for our children, why?

Catherine Bamber

Appleton