NEWS BITES

Recent months have seen ESTA erecting a stand and engaging with the public at the trolleybus event at the East Anglia Transport Museum, the Heritage Open Day in Halesworth and events at Blythburgh, Lowestoft and Woodbridge.

Meetings have also taken place with Suffolk County Council  officers, the MP for Ipswich, the CEO of East Suffolk Council and the Stakeholder, Customer and Community Engagement Manager of Greater Anglia.

We supported Lowestoft Town Council's survey of local bus services in September and look forward to learning the results.

Meanwhile, we welcomed managers of two local bus company and a senior East Suffolk Councillor to our autumn meeting in Beccles. They updated us  and responded to a wide range of questions on local bus and demand responsive services. The latter will continue at least till May 2025. From January 2025 the fare cap is £3, but with some local reduction by certain operators for short  journeys.

Lowestoft Station Parcels Office will host the Annual General Meeting of Cycling in Lowestoft - the local campaign group of cyclists - from 11.00 to 13.00 on Saturday February 1st. All are welcome and there will be a guest speaker from the Broads Authority.

During February and March it will also stage an exhibition on the Kindertransport  which brought child refugees by train to the town in 1938.