End of an era as Doncaster bus service comes to an end after 100 years

Isle Coaches, which is based in Owston Ferry, ran its final two services yesterday, with a number of passengers taking part in the very last journeys.

The company has run two routes – the 291 to Doncaster and the 399 to Scunthorpe and both serving the villages in and around the Isle of Axholme for a number of years since the firm’s formation in 1923.

One passenger said: “Sad to see one of the once numerous village bus services go.

Another said: “It was without doubt a trip needed to be done on one of their most iconic routes, the 291 between Doncaster, Westwoodside and Owston Ferry.

"Back in the heyday the service used an assortment of double deckers with a two-hourly frequency that now is reduced to just one single deck bus that operates two round trips on the service.”