JPT Bus Company

[robertclark125]

RE: JPT Bus Company
I suppose the real trouble for TfGM and passengers could be if, and I stress IF, JPT were to cease trading during the day, and services ceased say at lunchtime or mid afternoon. There is the potential for schoolchildren, workers, and others to be stranded, and it may be the case that vehicles and drivers at other firms aren't ready there and then.

Well out of the scope of the area, but this happened once with a bus firm called Tillingbourne, in 2002, which collapsed. The firm ceased trading in the middle of the day, and the upshot was buses dropping off all passengers mid point, and then returning empty to the depot. It meant folk were stranded, and Surrey County Council couldn't get replacement tenders organised until the next day, and same for commercial services.

It's good that TfGM have, apparently, got emergency tenders sorted. It's to be hoped they start on the planned date, ensuring a smoothish changeover, and that JPT doesn't cease midday.