Ahead of the return to school of pupils, ZetTrans would like to remind public bus passengers that routes that link with schools may see an increase in passenger numbers from Tuesday 11th August.
All services which are used as part of the journey to school have been risk-assessed and measures put in place to mitigate the impact of these increases. Where it is not possible to provide suitable mitigation, additional school transport has been arranged.
School pupil zones will be established and clearly marked at the back of the vehicles, with a one row exclusion zone between that and the space for public passengers, which will remain spaced out at a 1m social distance to comply with Scottish Government guidance.
Monitoring is in place in order to keep a close watch on all services, and information relating to the social distancing capacity will be provided on the ZetTrans webpage in the coming days here - https://www.zettrans.org.uk/
All passengers on public bus services are reminded that face coverings are mandatory and this also extends to school pupils using these services.
Details of the new public bus service timetables are due to be released by ZetTrans later this week.