Buses Bill

[Barney]

RE: Buses Bill

(22/05/2016 20:15)Dentonian Wrote:  That shouldn't matter as far as the passenger is concerned, as there will be no wasteful competition on one route, taking resources from other routes and no financial penalties for having to use different bus companies, or living in the wrong part of town.

As I posted earlier if, or rather when, this franchising is introduced I expect bundles of routes to be tendered. This will prevent the main operators only bidding for the most lucrative routes. In essence, this will allow cross-subsidy, something that was outlawed in the 1985 Act.

Those of us old enough can all remember local routes that disappeared in 1986 because, though socially necessary, were not commercially viable, especially of an evening.