A BUS service from Acomb to York has been saved after City of York Council agreed to provide a £1,000 a week subsidy.

The authority says First York had reviewed the operation of its hourly 13a bus service due to low usage and concluded there were insufficient passengers for it to be run on a commercial basis.

However, the position had been assessed with First, and the council had deemed there was a need to maintain the majority of the service with financial support from the authority.

A spokeswoman said the authority had agreed to continue financing its operation at a cost of about £1,000 per week from the transport budget.

"This will provide a 13a service for customers operated by First on behalf of the council," she said.

"From Monday, the majority of the 13a service will operate as per the current timetable although the following journeys will no longer be in operation: 7.15am: Acomb – York Station, 7.54am: York Station – Acomb, 4.57pm: Acomb – York Station, 5.36: York Station – Acomb and 6pm: Acomb – York Station."

She revealed that the previous 13a journeys between York and Haxby would continue to be operated by First but would be renumbered 13.

She added that the council was currently in the process of reviewing its portfolio of subsidised bus services in order to deliver significant savings in 2015/16, as agreed at a budget council in February.

"A consultation on all bus services in York will start soon and more details will follow shortly," she said.

"However, until this review has been finalised, the council will continue to subsidies the 13a until it considers where savings need to be made across the city."

*For further information on bus service changes and for bus timetables, visit www.itravelyork.info/buses, call 01904 551400 or visit the Bus Information Point in the Travel Centre at York Station.