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RE: South Lancs Travel

(20/06/2013 00:31)bolton bus basher Wrote:  thats a joke withdrawing the 581 service. all so they can run tendered services, before d+g took over you would not get this at all.

The decision on the 581 was made way before the Maytree collapse happened. The service wasn't commercially viable between Atherton and Bolton, and there are plenty of other bus services along that corridor which meant that a subsidised service wasn't required.

Running buses at a loss is not an option. I have never withdrawn a good commercial service to favour running a tendered service - there is no sense in doing that because tendered services only last for a limited amount of time, while a commercial service is much longer term (if it pays well enough).

Chris.