Agneta Wolfbrandt and Rita Sikainen have themselves measured how much longer it will take to drive the detour through Segmon, instead of continuing straight on the E18. It's about a couple of minutes difference, they mean.

Together with Lillemor Lundgren, they have participated in collecting over 850 signatures in protest. They did not know each other since before, but have joined in the fight for the timetables.

- We are cursed aunts, simply, Agneta Wolfbrandt answers the question of who they are.

Tomorrow they will hand over the list at a meeting at Folkets Hus, where Värmlandstrafik is expected to answer questions about the new timetable.

Call-controlled bus

It was at the end of October that Värmlandstrafik announced that bus stops in Segmon will no longer be served by bus 800. Until the new table starts to apply, bus 800 has stopped there once an hour between 05.00 and 19.00 on weekdays.

Varmland traffic refers travelers to Grum's travel center instead - eleven kilometers away.

Bus 821 goes there, but only four times a day, between eleven and three, on weekdays during the school year. The remaining times are call controlled and must be booked three hours in advance.

Bus 801 goes all the way to Karlstad, but only five times a day from Segmon and the last departure is 17.35. However, on weekends and during the summer, it does not go to Segmon at all.

In a press release, warmland traffic writes that they see this as an opportunity to get more people to discover public transport from Grums.

- To get people to go collectively, you need to have a clear structure. If we pull in some tours we extend the travel time for the Säffleborna to Karlstad. Then it becomes difficult to compete with the car, says Markus Bergman, traffic manager for bus at Värmlandstrafik to NWT.