A BUS route that residents and parish councillors fought to get installed is due to be cancelled because it has not been used enough.
Brentwood Community Transport's 228 service started on May 9 last year but has since seen few regular passengers.
The route starts in Doddinghurst and stops at the Brentwood Centre, Brentwood railway station and Thorndon Country Park.
Driver Barry Hindley, 65, said: "It's a shame what's happened to this area, there's this great bus service that would be great for kids if they wanted to go into town, but no one's taken it up.
"I had a few regulars at the start but not much even since May.
"It's just not economically viable to keep it going."
One of the few users of the service was Beryl White, 75, of Brentwood Road, Ingrave.
She said: "Without this bus I shall have to go to town on a different day and the other service is not reliable – sometimes it breaks down."
The charity's chief executive Tina Tickner said: "It's sad news, we tried but there wasn't the interest."
