(22 Aug 2022, 2:05 pm)DeltaMan wrote The issue with Alston is Cumbria County Council.
They do not subsidise ANY conventional bus services. Unless somebody sets up a "Community Transport" style operation then they don't care.
It clearly comes down to money, but there was hardly mention of Alston at all in the counties BSIP submission either.
The other issue is even if there is a pot of money for buses, where do they do go? You could make a case for Carlisle, Penrith, Hexham and Haltwhistle. I'd say Carlisle would offer more bang for thier buck and seek to extend the short 685s from Brampton to Alston.
Local authorities don't have the luxury of applying a blanket refusal to secure any bus services, as they have some legal obligations around this. There's a pretty good write up of it here: https://bettertransport.org.uk/sites/def...duties.pdf