Arriva put Prices up again

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RE: Arriva put Prices up again

(24/02/2015 20:25)Dentonian Wrote:  I don't recall Dennis' running 330s, but to say they weren't "confrontational" on 219 was an understatement. They simply dropped the service to run schools, despite them being registered. This was, of course, illegal, not least because they were fraudulently claiming Fuel Tax Rebate. It was also why Stagecoach took 'deckers off other HE routes to run 219s. They were the ones recieving complaints of overloading - because the competition simply weren't running.

They ran 330's using Wright handy bus Darts I seem to remember. It was a short lived affair, and obviously Dennis's were never challenged over the fraudulently claiming fuel rebates or not showing up at all, yes were better off without them but the point I'm trying to make is that by having a level of commercial competition it keeps fares down whereas the situation we have in some areas now is that the passenger is getting a raw deal being ripped off by greedy profiteers.