QBP Liverpool and Wirral

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RE: QBP Liverpool and Wirral

(19/10/2012 05:30)wirralbus Wrote:  In the Corporation / Merseybus days it was dont worry about the cost of the vehicles we are getting paid by the Government , they will shoulder the cost , now its different and every bus now has to pay its way out of operators own funds hence loads of single deckers and not as many double deckers , soon hybrids will have to be paid from operators own budgets after the initial funding from central government.

You can almost bet that once the government funding dries up, bus companies won't be interested in putting their own money into their fleets.

When these Equality laws kick in proper, I suspect there will be a huge reduction in routes/frequency and a lot of independents will probably be unable to afford a new fleet.

On top of Equality Laws, you will start getting tighter and tighter EU pollution laws, meaning buses need continually adapting/replacing.

In the very near future, buses will become worthless once they are 10 years old. PTEs will ban them from their infrastructure, contracts etc. EU Law will probably mean they won't meet emission standards..