(29 Dec 2021, 8:54 am)streetdeckfan wrote People keep saying this and I just think it's a load of rubbish. I give the whole remote working thing another year, at most.

So do you expect operators to keep sustaining huge losses for another year - just in case everyone suddenly goes back to the office within the next 12 months?

There has to be an element of realism here. Bus operators lost the funding that was taking them to breakeven point back in September, so are now hugely loss-making as they have the burden of full costs with around 70% of revenue/passengers.

Whilst I’m not an advocate of slashing services and reducing the size of the network, operators losing 7-figure sums must be realistic and build back from a sensible base. The X9 and the X85 are all ‘recent’ developments and built upon the existing foundations to deliver growth. The market has completely changed, there’s no denying that, but as well as looking at new opportunities, operators need to be thinking about building upon a sensible foundation until sufficient demand returns.

Building upon a sensible foundation is easier if operators are more collaborative with each other, and with other modes such as Metro and rail.


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