The first journey on Dover's new Fastrack bus service

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00:00How come you're on the Firestrike bus this morning as the first paying passenger?

00:03Well, I'm a train and bus enthusiast. I go all around the country filming

00:08first trains, first buses, and so forth.

00:11I mean, do you think it's a good idea to have this Firestrike service?

00:13I think it is, yeah, because also you've got the school here as well,

00:17children, and if they live in Dover they can still come up to Winfields

00:23to get to school and also to get home safely as well, so it can only be a good thing.

00:29Do you think this service will help encourage people away from their cars?

00:34Hope so, because of the environmental side of things, that people have got to

00:40gradually come ahead of cars, and buses is one of the things that this government

00:46and the previous government have put money into.

00:49I've just finished the first ever journey on the Firestrike bus service

00:53from Dover Priory Station to Whitfield.

00:58It was a very quick and straightforward journey.

01:02It costed just £2, I was with five other passengers,

01:06and those I spoke to said it was a good idea to have the service.

01:10It would encourage people away from their cars and so on,

01:13and it provided a good link between the centre of Dover

01:17and Whitfield, which is fast increasing in population.