(30 Jun 2020, 1:59 pm)cbma06 wrote At least the independents are running the services otherwise there wouldn’t be a bus service, there must be doing something right otherwise there lose the contract and not gain more contracts, there’s always going to be niggles in the system when taking on the contract.

So you want the independents to close?, as most of them depends on contract work to stay alive or there be more job losses. The independents are only about 20-25 years behind
Dont  forget years ago the big 3 were in the same boat with services not running, gaps in the schedule, uncleaned buses etc... , l can name a few from when OK was purchased and contracted services in East Durham area was missed out, drivers didn’t know the route and in turn buses were just parked up and drivers been told from control to do the best there can, when United/Arriva had more services in East Durham services weren’t running  and gaps in services, in which Arriva is the worst out of the 3, Arriva (DB) should be stripped of there buses and sent packing back to Germany and the buses ran by the government until I proper Business set up by the UK, don’t forget every bit of profit  Arriva makes don’t go back into the there company in the UK, all profits go to there own country to update there transport infrastructure and then get grants from the uk government to improve there bus services like what there did with the train service, the northern train service is going to take years to sort the mess out what Arriva caused.
Im just hoping the UK don’t adopt the euro5/6 etc... from the EU, so buses can stay longer on the roads and made better like what there used to before the EU started to **** this country up.


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Sounds very much like an agenda against Arriva to me. While they're not perfect they're better than some of the companies you seem to think are great.
Lets face it the independents running contracts aren't doing it out of the good of their heart, they're getting paid for it just like the so called 'big 3' (actually it could be argued there's 5 now) would if they held the contract.