(25 Jul 2022, 9:52 pm)F114TML wrote What? Having central government throw money at them endlessly?
Probably not unless the reason they can't recruit enough drivers and have trouble retaining them is because they don't pay enough.
This the same TFL which is one of the lowest funded public transport networks in the world and one the best aswell?
We already franchise a large chunk of the network up here (whether that's 24/7 or all day) anyway, the catch 22 the profitable routes which could be coming back towards Nexus and funding some of these routes are getting paid out to shareholders. Just to put it into perspective I believe the 5, 9, 24, 35A, 39/39A/39B, 61A and 62 are all tax payer funded at Deptford alone one way or another with nothing in return.
We have by far the worst scenario right now.