NSW State Government saves millions by slashing free shuttle buses in Sydney The Parramatta free shuttle bus was one of only two to survive the government's cull. Picture: Tracee Lea Source: The Daily Telegraph THE NSW State government will scrap seven free community shuttle buses and start charging passengers on two more after a review found they were poorly patronised and could not be justified. Transport Minister Gladys Berejiklian said the shuttle services in Blacktown, Bankstown, Cabramatta, Campbelltown, Liverpool, Newcastle and Penrith would be end and the buses reallocated to local services. Under the changes shuttles in Kogarah and Gosford will become paid services. The Kogarah service will also have an altered route with a stop at Calvary hospital under the six-month trial. Only the free services in Parramatta and Wollongong survived unscathed while the Sydney CBD shuttle, which currently loops around George and Elizabeth Streets, will now only run up and down George St after an analysis found that's where 75 per cent of passengers boarded. The Liverpool service was the most poorly patronised with just one passenger boarding every 2km, followed by the Penrith shuttle. Ms Berejiklian said the 12 shuttles cost $7 million a year to run but only had a handful of passengers. "These nine discontinued or amended routes were introduced either three months or less than one month before the last state election by Labor in a clear election stunt, all without proper planning and with little logic - in many cases they duplicated services that already existed," Ms Berejiklian said. Each of these shuttles is funded per kilometre by taxpayers and we can't afford to be wasting money that could otherwise be spent on much-needed extra transport services including those that will be introduced for bus and train customers in the October timetable and are desperately needed. "There is so much to do in transport we can't afford to be wasting millions of dollars a year on ghost services that are not use."" Cabbie slams Kenneally over free shuttle Shadow transport spokeswoman Penny Sharpe slammed the decision axe the services. "This is a penny-pinching decision that cuts free buses in local communities to funnel money into other projects like the privatised North West Rail Link,"" Ms Sharpe said.