(17 Jun 2020, 11:23 am)Andreos1 wrote Nexus, Northumberland County Council and Durham County Council continue to maintain concessionary fare and tendered bus service payments to bus operators at pre-pandemic levels as a result of a government request.So they haven't actually increased the amount, it's just the fact that passenger fares have decreased has increased the proportion (and only temporarily) that local authorities contribute.
This quote from Tobyn Hughes puts it in to some perspective.
It'd be interesting to see how this proportion changes over the next few weeks with passenger numbers starting to increase
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