(15 Feb 2022, 12:43 pm)Bazza wrote Am I the only one uncomfortable with this system?

Maybe if the operator who has decided not to run the unprofitable trips is ruled out of tendering for public money, or better still, the local authority puts all trips for that route throughout the day (with any profits going back into the public purse) for tender, it may focus the minds within the various companies who decide that putting their hand out is the  easy option.

The worst services are the ones which they run during the day then ask for money in the evenings and Sundays.

At least if they have the whole route, 'IF' it was run properly then there's potential to grow the service. Under the above then it's like saying well we will do the profitable bits, take the money and share it with our mates then you can do the unprofitable bits for us. So morally wrong.

Nexus also need to change the tendering process as it's crap to put it polite. The services are badly run, disjointed and are just an after thought. Say in comparison to the Hexham Local Services or Durham P&R which are both the same which both are well ran, well advertised and from an average punter you wouldn't know the difference since they're done on longer contracts with growth and the customer actually thought about rather than it being an inconvenience since it's not the Metro.