Halton Transport

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RE: Halton Transport

(25/01/2013 16:01)MPTE1955 Wrote:  Whats not impressive is that Halton are starting the service with ageing Solos that most companies are withdrawing at the same age. I would imagine that these were bought so that losses can be minimised should the service not work, however if the service was to be a success I would then expect them to invest in vehicles a bit newer.

Halton Transport, along with the other remaining local authority transport companies, is not allowed to make an annual trading loss. Therefore, it has to rely upon its limited resources to fund the aquisition of new capital equipment (vehicles). A task not made any easier by subsidy cuts and and any reduction in fairbox income.

However, over recent months they have started to market services more pro-actievly and re-cast their network to exploit existing income sources better, along with this venture into generating new income.

Good luck to them!