Parents say the removal of a bus service for college students has caused "chaos."
Since the new academic year began, Truro & Penwith College has stopped providing a tendered bus service for students in Falmouth. Affected students were told to use local trains instead, with free shuttle buses running between Truro rail station and the college campus.
The college apologised for the disruption but said it needed to make its transport investment as efficient as possible to meet student demand.
Stacey Guthrie's daughter used the old tendered bus from Falmouth last year. Guthrie said the train is not a practical alternative. She said: "The train is already oversubscribed. With a bursary you don't get a train pass – you have to pay for the tickets and the college will reimburse you some of it. That was really complicated.
"I spent the entire summer trying to get through to the college to say 'can somebody help me sort this out because I can't get my head around how she's going to get there'," she said.
Guthrie said her daughter was late to class one day last week after cancellations on some Great Western Railways (GWR) services between Falmouth and Truro. She worries her daughter may avoid lessons in future due to the added stress and anxiety.
She said: "It's just chaos. We should be able to expect our children to be able to get on one form of public transport and get them to college.
"Now young people have to either go to college or get a job, how can they do that if the first barrier to that is they can't get to college on time or at all?"
GWR apologised for last week's disruption, saying a faulty train caused it and passengers could use their tickets on local buses.
Other parents and students said the shuttle buses did not work for those with irregular start or finish times, leaving some to pay for public transport.
Labour MP for Truro and Falmouth, Jayne Kirkham, who held a summit on the changes this summer, said problems are now "becoming clear". She added: "I will continue to work closely with students, their families, the college and transport companies to try to solve those questions.
"I am also raising in Parliament, and directly with the Prime Minister, the fact that our students in Cornwall, and everyone here who uses public transport, suffer a disadvantage compared to those in urban areas.
"I will continue to push for more and better public transport here in Cornwall."
Truro & Penwith College said it recognises the concern and apologised for the uncertainty and disruption.
College Bus Removal Brings Chaos for Falmouth Families