Competition vs Monopoly

North East Buses Local Bus Scene Operations, Management & Infrastructure Competition vs Monopoly

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deanmachine

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31 Jul 2020, 5:48 pm #16

(31 Jul 2020, 1:54 pm)Storx I understand and agree with the point about paying GNE etc to run their own services but the catch-22 is it gives no incentive to run anything in evenings as Nexus will just fund it anyway. Least by giving GCT and the likes the routes it puts pressure on GNE running the service instead. If that makes sense.The 319 should be extended back onto the 9 like it always has been though rather than the 5.

I didn't necessarily mean to give back them their own services on the evening, just to add on unprofitable extensions such as the, 925, 938, 319 and H2, rather than having basically pointless buses that aren't use to many people, and make better links. Might make some of the smaller services more attractive having them on the end of a bigger bus route, getting more people out of cars, which is what we should be doing anyways?

deanmachine

31 Jul 2020, 5:48 pm #16

(31 Jul 2020, 1:54 pm)Storx I understand and agree with the point about paying GNE etc to run their own services but the catch-22 is it gives no incentive to run anything in evenings as Nexus will just fund it anyway. Least by giving GCT and the likes the routes it puts pressure on GNE running the service instead. If that makes sense.The 319 should be extended back onto the 9 like it always has been though rather than the 5.