(25 Jan 2014, 7:05 pm)Dr Martin wrote You might be, but the travelling public on the other hand. Some have been a success, some have not, some have had pointless modifications.
Care to elaborate on the pointless modifications. Service changes are done for a reason. If people's travelling habits did not change then service changes would not be needed. What is the point of a service running to the same housing estate just because it always has done, when the houses are no longer standing, or a new shopping centre is built, but because it is out of town and the buses have not gone there in the past, they do not serve it.
Service changes have to be done to ensure profitability of the Company remains, without service changes, profits would suffer, services cut back further and investment would be hindered, which lets be honest is no good for anyone.
People need to live in the real world I am afraid and stop thinking services are changed just for changing them sake. Buses running around carrying fresh air does not pay wages or buy new buses. As most people will know every employee likes pay rises, so without services changes pay rises would not be forthcoming and staff would move. Whilst GNE do service changes on a regular basis, Arriva are just as bad. The amount of service changes South East Northumberland have is shocking and they normally revert them back to the way they were (X4 and X5 as examples).