Blackpool Transport

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RE: Blackpool Transport

(29/06/2019 15:22)iMarkeh Wrote:  It's all good upgrading the fleet but do they have the money to do it. They are more expensive than their competitors where they exist and it seems like a lot of passes being used on routes. The routes are mostly high frequency start until end with routes ending at like 11pm even to Staining (which can't make much as it's hourly during the day). They do seem to over service areas. Surely they can't be making this much investment and still be making a profit.

Their rule of no buses older than 5 years is quite a big thing to stick by and keep making profit in a market which is full of struggling operators.

BT is not the only 'small' operator to invest in new fleet. There are several in England that have upgraded their fleets and have managed to survive and prosper. Obviously their finance directors know what they are doing and perhaps not having to pay a dividend to shareholders helps balance the books.

As for your objection to the elderly using their ENCT passes, without them many routes would quickly prove to be unviable. Rather than be a drain on BT and other operators, the ENCT often proves to be the difference in retaining marginal services