(15 Oct 2022, 3:03 pm)cbma06 wrote If Arriva so called wins the contracts, there’s nothing there can do with those services, as the timetables and routes are secured by the local authorities, bus companies can’t changed secured bus services, there are secured for a reason as it’s not profitable to be ran by a business who only wants profits, if Arriva wants to take on those secured service routes then there will have to register those routes commercially and then the local authorities can withdraw the contracts, but if the so called new bus service don’t provide the needs when Arriva changes the services then the secured contracts will have to be registered again.If this were true, the 39B would only run between Washington and Tunstall Bank, and would be numbered the 37.
If you just suggesting a change between 2 or 3 contracts then it’s better to contacts the authorities who secured the contract to see if it’s possible
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I believe LAs devide the route and timetable and in their bid, operators can specify a modified timetable, including extensions (in the above example; extending the 37 to Sunderland City Centre and Pennywell) which I assume they'd commercially take the hit on. I don't think they can change the secured section of the route though.