Stagecoach Manchester

[MX12EOC]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester

(30/01/2013 16:04)CX54 DKD Wrote:  MX12EOC, Don't forget, though, that as long as any cost incurred by dead mileage is recouped in either the subsidy/tender income from the route or commercial gains, it's entirely irrelevant. Look at Arriva St Helens running the 312 in Skelmersdale for example: dead running isn't an issue here because the commercial gains obviously recoup the cost of it. If you look at the closing of Skelmersdale depot in its entirety in fact, my point is also shown - just because the garage isn't close to the route and dead running may be significant in length, that doesn't mean that the route is at all unviable for the operator.

Well, that is fair enough but what if there was low ridership on the route meaning not as much money would be recouped (hypothetically) that's not often a case but what if it were true?