LCR Franchise Route Options

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RE: LCR Franchise Route Options

(25/02/2020 09:17)Gateacre Wrote:  Why not keep and strengthen the Bus Alliance? It has worked to increase patronage on the main corridors

Progressively extend Partnership Routes, possibly with more recognition of the smaller operators contribution to the network, including feeding to main routes.
This would keep Bus Company goodwill and importantly not end up with a system that has risks for the Ratepayers (subsidy) and political interference!

London franchise system is often quoted - their passengers have been dropping recently and I believe there is a very big subsidy involved.

London bus services are a different animal to any other area , cant see many more operators than we have at the moment and if the bus companies Arriva and stagecoach worked it out between them they could force the price of the franchises up , who would be the winner the bus companies who would be the losers LCR and the local council tax payers.