GHA Group (Bryn Melyn, Vale Travel + Others)

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RE: GHA Group (Bryn Melyn, Vale Travel + Others)

(30/07/2016 13:53)iMarkeh Wrote:  I have to say Ron, looking at your list, there are quite a few Sunday/Evening buses. Tell me which bus company doesnt have 1 bus spare on a Sunday for 37/35a? It is one bus and a few drivers. Just get another few drivers in for the day. Voel have a bus for Wednesday/Friday service 40. Why not operate Tuesday 37/41? Even if just these examples were done, that is 4 more routes that are covered. Even if only temporary. I think some companies are being greedy with the council as they know they are desperate so they will pay that bit more and I think bus companies are taking full advantage. I think even if some buses are run by minibuses like the smaller less used GHA solo routes then a minibus is better than no bus. These companies are winding me up at the moment. I hope a lot more routes are taken on soon.

I imagine the difficulty is GHA offered to run services for very low subsides which no other operator would be willing to match and the councils have budgeted for GHA running the services not other operators who want slightly more. Other operators don't want to go in to administration like GHA have done!

In Cheshire East I imagine D&G would normally have been interested in routes north of Congleton but with all the work south of Congleton that's been made available they wouldn't have been able to find the resources to take on any more work at such short notice.