Remaining Independents in Merseyside

[MPTE1955]

RE: Remaining Independents in Merseyside
Ultimately any start up company will be swamped by the big boys on any routes that are worth bothering with. The big boys saver tickets such as daily/weekly etc make things difficult for independents. Once again, we have the idealistic views of people on here that think things can be set up easily, these is not the old days when there was a plethora of old buses that could be picked up and used, this is due to ddaUltimately any start up company will be swamped by the big boys on any routes that are worth bothering with. The big boys saver tickets such as daily/weekly etc make things difficult for independents. Once again, we have the idealistic views of people on here that think things can be set up easily, these is not the old days when there was a plethora of old buses that could be picked up and used, this is due to dda, vehicles being more complex and not as well made as those of the past. I also think those with idealistic views should do it themselves.

In relation to GTL taking CMT, when stagecoach took over there was quite a few newer vehicles in pieces that stagecoach had to put back together due to GTL not being able to fix them due to costs. So cannibalisation was happening with newer vehicles.