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Local buses wear poppies as veterans offered free travel

Buses across the Aire and Wharfe Valleys are wearing poppies this week ahead of Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday.

And operator The Keighley Bus Company is also offering free travel on Friday and Sunday to all current service personnel with forces ID, as well as veterans in uniform or with their medals.

The company’s buses serving communities across the area are being adorned with large commemorative poppies to encourage its thousands of customers travelling each day to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country.

The poppies will be prominently displayed on the front of buses on routes covering hundreds of miles every day.

CEO of parent firm Transdev, Alex Hornby, said: “With financial challenges currently affecting many veterans and their families in the communities we serve, it’s more important than ever that we continue our support for the excellent work done by the Royal British Legion.

“We hope that by prominently showing our support for the Poppy Appeal on our buses, many of our customers will join us in contributing to this excellent cause.

“We want to remember those who gave their lives for our freedom, and to support those living with the impact of conflict today. All our teams at our depots across the North are fully behind this.”

On both Remembrance days, where it is safe to do so, The Keighley Bus Company’s buses will pause at 11am to observe two minutes’ silence in memory of those who gave their lives in defending our nation.

See details of local Remembrance Sunday events here.

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