The University Students' Council has urged Arriva to prepare maps detailing the routes students should use to go to the University and the Junior College.

In a report on the bus serrvice, the council said the previous bus network provided students with direct routes to university but the service was not up to standard as drivers were not friendly, time schedules were not always respected, frequency of buses was just on the hour and the buses used were old and not environmental friendly.

The service provided by Arriva provides more frequent buses to University
directly or indirectly. The new service includes a customer care service and uses buses which are more comfortable and environment friendly.

More localities are now serviced but some routes need to be improved, the council said.

It added that the service is overall cheaper particularly for those using the service frequently.

"With the previous system a student would pay between €0.94 to €1.40 to get from home to university and back home. Today there is the facility of a day ticket that costs €1.50, which can also be used to go to any other places at any time of the day."

KSU said that 58% of all university students still have direct services and 41.7% will have to use an interchange.

"There is serious concern amongst students, who in the past had a direct link to university and now, will have to catch more than one bus to arrive at the mentioned destination. Better information with university students and the general public is needed to show that the old direct routes are not necessarily shorter and faster than using the current interchange system." 

"KSU recommends that Arriva should invest more in promoting the best routes to travel to university," the council said. It also called for the buses to run on time.

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