Cross River Night Buses

[Barney]

RE: Cross River Night Buses
One does wonder what criteria is used when Merseytravel cuts funding for certain services. When Deregulation happened local authorities were given quite generous budgets to run 'socially necessary' bus services but over the decades this funding has been cut and cut until now, in this time of austerity, there is little left. My understanding is that the formula relates to cost per passenger mile. If this is the case, it begs the question how some tendered services continue to operate whilst others are cut. Last year I was told by a driver that he had done a full evening shift the previous day and only carried eight passengers the whole time. Strangely, that particular service continues to run!