Lancashire County Council has announced changes to the 112 starting this week.

The bus runs from Preston through to Bamber Bridge, Leyland and Croston and provides a regular service for people visiting Wymott Prison.

Following discussions with the prison and feedback from other users the times will alter as follows:
The 3.15pm Monday to Saturday journey between Preston and Wymott will now depart at 3.30pm and operate 15 minutes later throughout its run.

The 4.04pm Monday to Saturday journey between Wymott and Preston will now depart at 4.19pm and operate 15 minutes later throughout its run.

In August the Guardian reported how Leyland man Peter Taylor feared his teenage daughter Chelsea could be left stranded after a bus route was changed to pick up prison visitors.

The 13-year-old attends Penwortham Girls High School and uses the 112 Preston to Croston service to get home.

She lives close to Wymott Prison and catches a bus to Moss Side in the morning where she then gets a second bus to school.

However a change in the timetable meant that when she gets back to Moss Side at 4.05pm on the journey home, she has to wait until 5.25pm for the connecting bus.

Chairman of Lancashire County Council, Alan Whittaker, said: "The journey times are designed to coincide with the prison visiting hours as the majority of passengers travel for that reason.

"However the last changes resulted in a small number of local people being inconvenienced.

"Because of this we have looked again at the situation and, thanks to changes made by the prison, we have now been able to draw up a new timetable."