Bus users in Harden face commuter chaos after being "ignored" by a roadworks shuttle service, a Bingley councillor claims.

A stretch of Harden Lane, from Cherry Tree Row to the Malt Shovel pub, was closed at the weekend until Sunday for major gas works.

The gas pipeline company Transco is laying new pipes along the narrow stretch between Harden and Wilsden.

First Bradford's 616 bus - which normally passes through Wilsden and Harden - is being diverted around the closure and will run up to Birchlands Avenue in Wilsden.

A shuttle bus, funded by Transco, will pick people up from Birchlands Avenue and in Cullingworth to link with the 616 and other services from Bradford.

But Councillor Simon Cooke (Conservative, Bingley Rural) said it ignores bus users in Harden.

"I will be looking into it and pushing for Harden to be included," he said.

"As it is, people will have to walk up the steep hill into Wilsden and if you're infirm or have a child in a pram it's a bit daunting.

"The shuttle bus should be serving both Wilsden and Harden and, although everyone is to be disrupted to some extent by this essential work, it seems the people of Harden who would use the bus will be worse off.

"It could cause all sorts of problems and could mean people missing their links into work."

Brandon Jones, marketing officer for First Bradford, said: "Because of the road closure we can't operate our normal service. Metro asked us to provide a shuttle-service link and we have fulfilled that request with a free mini-bus, funded by Transco, between Birchlands Avenue and Cullingworth to connect with our other services."

From Monday to Saturday the shuttle link will run a daytime service every 30 minutes and hourly in the evenings.

The 616 service from Bradford will run up to Birchlands Avenue in the daytime, Monday to Saturday, and in the evenings it will divert between Sandy Lane crossroads and Bingley via Cottingley Road, Cottingley Moor Road and Cottingley Bar to Bingley and on to Eldwick.

A spokesman for Transco said the gas work was a one-week project sanctioned by the Health and Safety Executive.

The next scheme, starting on October 29 until the end of the year, will see pipes laid in 100-metre stretches from Cherry Tree Row to Main Street.