(29 Jun 2020, 8:47 am)busmanT wrote Out of town retail parks are exactly the type of place that are difficult to serve with public transport, as they attract customers from a wide geographic area meaning that the number of potential passengers from any one area is too low. Of course, the one that you mention is ideally situated for car owners next to the A1. Planning policy needs to change. Had it been in Gateshead Town Centre it would have generated a lot of bus passengers.

Sunday services have been increased by most operators in recent years to reflect increased passenger volumes on Sundays (depends how far back you compare of course)

Grants for vehicle upgrades are available to all operators, large or small, just like grants to upgrade to an electric car are available to millionaires.
The government grant avoids operators having to increase fares to cover the cost of the upgrade, and allows a faster implementation. There are increased ongoing maintenance costs associated with exhaust upgrades that operators do fund themselves.

So because Retail World is alongside the A1 and it attracts people from a wide geographical area, operators can't be creative or innovative?
Whereas just a few miles up the road, there is another retail site (still located on the A1 and probably attracting people from an even larger geographical location), but does have a range of services

I dont think that millionaire you mention, will be buying a fleet of electric vehicles somehow.