(24 Feb 2022, 9:51 pm)DeltaMan wrote What's happening is simple maths. Its the same sums no matter what the operating model or ownership structure is. If it costs you more to run something then it you take in, then there is an obvious issue.Nobody is talking about the ownership model though.
Regardless of who runs the network in the NE (public or private), it's not fit for purpose. It hasn't evolved or adapted in 35+ years, despite the populations shopping and working habits evolving and adapting over the same period.
Axing, cutting or reducing fleets and routes doesn't increase revenue if people aren't using those routes and aren't going to or from the places the operators insist on running the services to and from. It just reduces costs.
It's simple maths.