There could be a three year wait before a publicly owned bus service comes to Cambridgeshire.
The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority is looking into bus franchising, which would give it the ability to set bus routes in the area.
Currently, the bus network in Cambridgeshire is run by private companies, which the combined authority said creates “challenges” and services are “not as integrated as they could be”.
Officers said that if all goes to plan, it would be able to specify bus routes, procure services and monitor the network, with the first services operating by 2027.