Greater Manchester Franchising

[Barney]

RE: Greater Manchester Franchising

(25/03/2021 21:07)T42 PVM Wrote:  Could not agree more.

For the past year all privatised bus and train operators across the UK have been kept afloat by the taxpayer to the tune of hundreds of millions. If bus services had been left to free market forces Stagecoach, and every other bus company, would have gone into liquidation by now. It seems to me that privatisation allows shareholders to accept the profits but expect the state to take the risk.

Franchising works in London and many major cities around the world. Why will it not work in Manchester?