Sir.-I was shocked on Monday morning, when I went to get my regular bus - the number 13 at 8.02am from Homesteads Road on the A30 - to discover a poster.

The poster was published by Stagecoach announcing "more buses, better buses".

How is this correct when, within the well-worded document, it stated that my bus service would no longer be running?

What a nice surprise that was for me and fellow travellers on a Monday morning.

As I am a QMC student, I rely on the buses, especially the number 13 as it is relatively efficient as buses go.

Now I shall have to walk an extra five minutes to catch the number five, which adds another 15 to 20 minutes on to my journey, or have an even longer journey on the number one.

I do not understand why Stagecoach has decided to do this, especially as since I started to get that bus - two years ago - the amount of people catching it has risen.

I am also annoyed with Stagecoach by the decision to transfer the Monday-to-Wednesday evening service to stretch to Monday to Saturday on many services.

The company declares this instead of saying "We have cancelled your last bus home at the weekends".

This is all added on top of the continuing "revised fares", which are being revised too often for my liking.

Why does Stagecoach keep messing about its loyal, helpless customers who have no other way to get around but stick with bad services and high prices?

-Myles Harrington, Hatch Warren, Basingstoke.