(13 Aug 2022, 6:36 pm)busmanT wrote I assume that GNE submitted the cheapest price for the contracts - the independent operators often don't tender for contracts that involve evening/Sunday work.
Thanks. Yeah other than GCT I thought I hadn't seen many independent operators on the road on an evening.
(13 Aug 2022, 7:36 pm)Adrian wrote Its guaranteed income for any operator. With most Nexus contracts, they're paid the same whether there's 1 person on the bus or 50.
They don't get that from commercial work and financial performance is obviously on how many people they get through the door.
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Thanks. So they must be paid a decent amount of money to run these contracts then. I just thought iit was a bit strange if say for example you have the frequency of a well used service like the 4, 56 or X1 which often get decent loadings being reduced to free up a driver for a service that carries next to nothing.