(16 Feb 2023, 6:08 pm)DeltaMan wrote It's sounds a good number. But if you look at it another way, is it good tax payer value?

If they are carrying 6/7 people a trip and a trip takes an hour. Then it's costing between £6 and £8 per passenger, assuming an hourly cost of between £40 and £50 per hour per bus.

What should the subsidy per passenger be when judging viability? That is the question!

No, I don't think it represents good value for tax payers. The services should be ran in house instead of using private contractors, given the services only exist in the first place because the same operators didn't want to run them.

Buses are important infrastructure. They're important for work, job creation and to prevent social isolation. I'm more than happy with the authorities funding services, but not so the method of delivery.

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