Late penalty for bus firm

A BUS firm has been fined £500 for running late services and displaying incorrect information on its destination boards.

SD Travel, which is based in Whitburn, West Lothian, was fined by Scotland's traffic commissioner after bus compliance officers found that of 119 services monitored, 28 had been late, two early and three had failed to turn up.

Joan Aitken said she accepted that the failure to operate was because road closures had forced the operator to turn the buses early, while road works caused late running.