Fed-up residents have started a Ban the Buses' campaign after up to 80 vehicles a day have been routed past their homes.

Householders in Woodhall Avenue, Thornbury, Bradford, say they are living a nightmare and it's only a matter of time before an accident happens.

They say the narrow pavements on their street of terraced homes mean the buses pose a danger to children and elderly people.

Top deck passengers peer into bedroom windows and there are fears for the foundations of the houses.

First buses were directed down the street six months ago to provide an extra service for staff at the new Morrisons headquarters on Gain Lane.

Anti-buses campaign leader Jacqui Horvath, the mother of two young children, said: "This was a fairly peaceful street. Now buses run every ten minutes from 7am to 7pm. There have been arguments between bus drivers and motorists because the street is so narrow and vehicles can't pass."

Mrs Horvath, 35, has a daughter Charis aged six and an 11-year-old son Luke, who has Asperger's Syndrome and autism. She said: "It's only a matter of time before somebody gets hit. I have told Metro and First it is their responsibility if a child is injured by a bus."

Mrs Horvath organised a 250-signature petition to Bradford Council protesting about the buses.

She says they keep residents on night shifts awake when they are trying to sleep in the day and disturb young children who go to bed early.

Neighbour Stanley Johnson said the buses cause congestion and passengers peek through windows.

"We want something done about it," he said.

Ward Councillor Riaz Ahmed (Lib Dem, Bradford Moor) said residents were not consulted about the new service.

He described the situation as "absolutely horrendous" saying the buses ran every ten minutes and many were almost empty. Coun Ahmed said it would add only minutes to the journey to re-route the buses via the Thornbury Barracks roundabout.

He said: "The bus service was put in as part of the development of Morrison's headquarters in Gain Lane but it has been a nightmare for the people living on Woodhall Avenue.

"Their lives have been made a misery by 70 to 80 buses a day passing only feet from their windows. Children are at risk from the buses which sometimes travel the wrong way down the road."

Earlier this month a representative of Metro attended a meeting of Bradford North Area Committee.

The committee urged the public transport co-ordinator to consider re-routing some of the buses. It was also asked for wider consultation on future proposals for bus routes.

A Metro spokesman said: "Now that this service has been running for six months and has bedded in, Metro will be meeting the operator First and Morrisons to review passenger levels, consider any comments raised by passengers and local people and discuss any future changes."

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