Personally would be quite surprised if this refers to anything tendered - these journeys usually start after 7pm, and some are only for one or two journeys from around 10pm. It'd be nothing to really scream and shout about from Nightingale's perspective.

I think it's more likely that the company are looking to use the double-deck buses they currently use on Misc. Works/scholars contracts on the morning and afternoon peaks. At the moment these buses don't do anything during the day or on weekends, so it makes sense as a starting block to use these buses to try their own commercial services. It's been tried by other operators before, and never seems to end well, but I wish them the best of luck. I personally think we should see more of this from the smaller operators - just how other members of this forum will suggest that bigger operators need to take the rough with the smooth by taking on some of the secured journeys commercially (which we see more of, than smaller operators taking risks by trying to operate their own commercial services on top of their guaranteed income from contracts).

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