A bus service that takes passengers from their front doors to anywhere in the city is suspending services due to high running costs.
The EastOn bus service was launched in January this year and was aimed at hospital staff, outpatients and people with mobility issues.
The service ran between Broughty Ferry and Ninewells Hospital but unlike regular buses, it would pick up and drop off passengers anywhere along the way, as long as they had booked in advance. Each trip cost £5.
However, passengers were told this week parts of the service, run by Scottish Blue, was being suspended because of its high running costs.
Although it will still run a service to Ninewells Hospital, it is understood buses will no longer take passengers to other destinations in the city.
Arthur Lynch, who had to have a leg amputated because of diabetes, said the loss of the service, coupled with the withdrawal of the Taxicard scheme run by Dundee City Council will make it far more difficult for many people with mobility issues to travel.
The Taxicard scheme gave people with disabilities discounted travel.
The Mulligan Court resident said: “It is going to make a big difference to people.
“It’s not just the loss of this service, it’s the loss of the Taxicard. It’s two blows.”
A spokesman for the EasyOn service said: “We have had to suspend part of the service because we have not been able to secure funding.
“We are continuing with the service to Ninewells but have had to stop the service taking people to the shops.”
Dundee City Council scrapped its Taxicard scheme at the end of March this year in order to save around £150,000 a year.
Taxicards allowed holders to get £2 off their fare.
Following the council’s decision to scrap the Taxicards, Scottish Blue announced it would give all holders of the card a £1 discount on their fares.
