Financial support for a York bus service used by pupils to get to a number of schools has been extended amid warnings it is becoming unreliable.
Service 13, which runs from Copmanthorpe to Haxby, is set to continue receiving £450-a-day from City of York Council to continue running as normal until the school term ends in July.
A council decision record stated the funding would give operator Connexions time to draw up a workable timetable as the current one is providing increasingly poor services.
The decision is set to see current half-hourly services continue until Sunday, 21 July.
It is set to cost the council around £16,000 in total.
The operator told the council pupils at Joseph Rowntree, Huntington, All Saints and York College were among those using the service.
It also said there was a high risk that the service could cease to operate entirely unless it was given enough time to draw up a workable timetable.
It comes after the council’s executive initially decided in February to fund service 13 until the end of May.
It followed Connexions’ decision to reduce the number of buses on the route from four to three in October amid rising operating costs and passengers numbers remaining below pre-coronavirus levels.
The council’s decision recorded stated the issues affected the entire route and their results could not have been foreseen in February.
It added quick action was needed as the majority of Copmanthorpe could have been left without a bus service.
The Flaxman Croft and West Nooks parts of the service at either end of the route are set to be the focus of support.
Connexions was considering axing those parts of the service in October due to the rising costs.