Well I did analysis

Of the service 8 south hylton to Docks and although the contract includes the 592 or 593 made It difficult to analyse

I worked out rough running based on ONE BUS for the evening and Sunday service it was about 37 hrs running time 30mins to depot each day add 7 hrs is about 43hrs a week for the 8 contract

I worked out to run that bus (mostly empty) it was about £41ph

However interesting to look at TB1 ran by a Taxi

Runs for 45 min then has an hour off and runs for another 45mins

Worked out that scandalous contract cost between £30-40 per day

It runs from Ryhope to the Marina

Its a service that even local councillors never knew operated in their wards

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So I would say as a ball point figure it's about £40ph to run a bus per hour