(03 Sep 2022, 10:11 am)pbjd wrote Who’d have thought that someone working for another operator would be incorrect on cuts by another operator.
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The Bus Recovery Grant funding has been extended again beyond October… My prediction was that service reductions would fall in line with the cancellation of BRG funding.
I suspect Stagecoach will hold out as long as possible while said funding is available - if it is then established that BSIP funding can be used to protect the current network (rather than as proposed to establish new links), then I’d hazard a guess that’s what Stagecoach and the local authorities will go for. It’s a safer bet for them.
Despite the desire from members of this forum to try something new rather than persevering with the current network, I don’t think many operators or local authorities are up for taking that risk. The local authorities in particular will have the main intention of retaining links because this is what current customers and local politicians will fight for.
Of course, I might be talking out my arse. Time will tell.
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