'Business as usual' for Salisbury Reds during latest lockdown

Salisbury Reds say their services in and around the city will 'continue to run at normal levels' over the next month, while England's second lockdown is in place.

Since the last shutdown, the operator's built themselves back up to their normal timetables, and they've said they plan to keep that going this time around.

The normal bus network and school services will keep running.

Salisbury Reds Managing Director, Andrew Wickham said:

"This has been a challenging year for us all, and we realise many will be hit hard by this second lockdown. We understand that many workers and school pupils still need to be able to travel over the coming month, so our current plan is to continue as we are.

"Several months ago, we introduced special measures to ensure travelling on public transport is one of the safest places to be - and this is still the case.

"We have stringent regimes in place, including extra focus on touch touch-points with anti-viral wipes. Our passengers must wear face coverings, unless exempt, and we have also given our operation the 'belt and braces' treatment, by also adding hand sanitisers.

"It is also important that those travelling with us take their own safety, and the safety of others, seriously. That means taking personal responsibility to wash hands regularly, wear face coverings, and use the sanitisers provided.

Andrew Wickham has also paid tribute to the staff at Salisbury Reds for their hard work to get services back to normal:

"I would like to give credit and to thank our dedicated team of drivers and support staff - who are themselves keyworkers. Their efforts are helping people carry out vital work in our region. And, without them, many local pupils would not be able to travel to school.

"We will of course continue to monitor the situation and, if government guidelines for bus travel do change, we will act accordingly."