Diamond Bus North West

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RE: South Lancs Travel

(22/03/2015 11:57)YJ59 AZA Wrote:  It's odd (unless I've missed something about it) that companies don't run buses in service to/from places (particularly ones that are far away from each-other) to start on their main service(s) for the day/night. Even if they don't pick anybody up (but if they did, it'd be an added bonus), they're still eligible to claim BSOG for the mileage. The timings could be exactly the same as they would be if running dead, albeit with a few additional timing points if the journey is long. If the buses are going to a particular location, they may as-well open the doors to potential passengers.

Ace Travel did this quite a bit - as do Avon, especially with their cross-river positioning services.

We are definitely going off topic here now but I'll just mention the fact that Stagecoach run an X2 out of service from Preston to Liverpool for the first departure of the day. That's an incredible 30+ dead miles! Beat that.