(24 Feb 2014, 10:13 pm)VolvoMarkII wrote You are right and historically this is where the local authority would step in and support additional journeys, but as we all know, there is no money for that any more.

The situation can spiral out of control and create the death of a service by constant cuts to the operating day.

Maybe it is time the operators realised the bubble has burst and the days of big margins have gone.
Local authorities aren't stepping in any more and punters who are struggling to pay bills - but possibly would still get down the club, aren't (just like aureolin said), because of the cuts to services (either funded or commercially).

Like most people, I don't have the answer, but the operators aren't doing themselves any favours in the eyes of passengers, with constant cuts - glossed over with ticket deals and a shiny new bus.

If passengers were offered the choice between a swanky bus with mod cons and their current service versus a lower spec bus which was more frequent (funded by the savings made by purchasing a cheaper bus), I wonder what the consensus would be?