(30 Dec 2014, 9:19 pm)Greg in Weardale wrote I always understood that where a commercial service and a subsidised one ran along the same route then the subsidised one could not undercut the commercial service. Obviously a secured route could only run the same way as a commercial one along short parts of a route, otherwise the subsidised service would be unnecessary and a misuse of public money.
I had a similar understanding, but then again, I don't think they could price match either? As it could be viewed as either price fixing, or competing. You'd hope it would be viewed as what it is, which is a secured service filling a gap, at the 'market rate', but I'm sure it wouldn't go down that way...