Lanarkshire coach operator leaves hundreds of Creamfields festival goers in the lurch after cancelling travel

A Lanarkshire coach firm has left tons of of budding competition goers within the lurch after cancelling their journey to Creamfields final minute.

The occasion, which is held in Cheshire, is because of begin subsequent Thursday (August 25) and is attended by near 80,000 individuals yearly.

Stuarts Coaches, who're primarily based in Carluke, had various buses booked full of individuals able to attend the huge dance music occasion.

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Two buses had been attributable to go away from Motherwell, one from Airdrie, and one from Glasgow.

However, the buses had been cancelled on Tuesday evening leaving tons of of Lanarkshire music followers with only a week to organise new transport.

A type of affected was Lynsey Farquharson, from Wishaw, who was booked to depart from Motherwell on Thursday.

Lynsey and her mates have needed to make various preparations (Picture: fb)

Chatting with Lanarkshire Stay, she mentioned: "We had simply paid near £2000 the week earlier than and there have been no points.

"We booked all the way in which again in February, so assumed that we had been sorted for the competition.

"We had been instructed late Tuesday night that Stuarts wouldn't be capable to honour our reserving as that they had a scarcity of drivers and wouldn't be capable to make the journey down.

"This has meant me and my mates are having to search out different methods to get down for the competition on Thursday.

"Trains had been going to price us tons of of kilos which we simply could not afford final minute.

"Fortunately one other operator has agreed to take us down and again up however it was such a tense expertise, particularly when it was all at such brief discover."

Lanarkshire Stay has contacted Stuarts of Carluke for a response.

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