A group of over 30 protesters has travelled across Derbyshire singing and chanting in a bid to improve bus services.A group of over 30 protesters has travelled across Derbyshire singing and chanting in a bid to improve bus services.
A group of over 30 protesters has travelled across Derbyshire singing and chanting in a bid to improve bus services.

11 photos show bus protests across Derbyshire including Chesterfield, Matlock and Bakewell

A group of protesters travelled across Derbyshire singing and chanting in a bid to improve the county’s bus services.
By Wiktoria Wrzyszcz
Published 16th Oct 2023, 15:43 GMT
Updated 16th Oct 2023, 15:44 GMT

About 30 protesters boarded an X17 bus in Chesterfield just after 10am on Saturday, as a part of the campaign.

They then arrived in Matlock, where they caught 681 to Bakewell, to continue their demonstrations.

Protesters held up banners in the buses, where they remained silent – but in each of the three towns they chanted and sang songs about the buses not turning up and low wages for drivers.

Adrian Rimington, local chairmen of the National Pensioners convention, who leads the campaign to improve the buses, said: “I nearly missed the protest because 39 Stagecoach service at 9.20am broke down and did not show up at all. All the protesters were very anxious if I would get there on time with my 800 leaflets. Eventually, I managed to board the next 39 and got to the town centre a few minutes after 10.

"The protests went well, but this is not the end of our campaign. We will keep fighting for better buses and host another meeting with residents next month – and we have invited MP Toby Perkins, MP Lee Rowley, Stagecoach and Hulleys of Baslow.”

The meeting will be hosted on Wednesday, November 15, from 6pm at Chesterfield Community Centre at Tontine Road.

Campaigners boarded a bus in Chesterfield at 10 am last Saturday, arriving at Matlock 11am and in Bakewell at 12.30pm and stage protests at each place. Credit: Gail Wagstaff

1. Saturday protest

Campaigners boarded a bus in Chesterfield at 10 am last Saturday, arriving at Matlock 11am and in Bakewell at 12.30pm and stage protests at each place. Credit: Gail Wagstaff Photo: Gail Wagstaff

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About 30 people started the protest in Chesterfield, while six more joined in Matlock -followed by another six in Bakewell. Credit: Gail Wagstaff

2. Protests across the county

About 30 people started the protest in Chesterfield, while six more joined in Matlock -followed by another six in Bakewell. Credit: Gail Wagstaff Photo: Credit: Gail Wagstaff

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The action is part of a national Campaign for Better Buses supported by the National Pensioners Convention, trade unions and climate groups. Credit: Gail Wagstaff

3. United for better buses

The action is part of a national Campaign for Better Buses supported by the National Pensioners Convention, trade unions and climate groups. Credit: Gail Wagstaff Photo: Credit: Gail Wagstaff

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Adrian Rimington, local chairman of the National Pensioners Convention, who launched the campaign to improve buses across Chesterfield, said: “Stagecoach get 40% of the funding from the council and is still cherry-picking the routes for the buses and the council seem unable to do anything about it."

4. Campaign leader

Adrian Rimington, local chairman of the National Pensioners Convention, who launched the campaign to improve buses across Chesterfield, said: “Stagecoach get 40% of the funding from the council and is still cherry-picking the routes for the buses and the council seem unable to do anything about it." Photo: Credit: Gail Wagstaff

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