(11 May 2023, 7:32 am)Ianthegoon wrote At the end of the day, bus services all over are being hit by a mix of higher costs and fewer people travelling.If SCNE are making Sunderland changes at end of June, they must be announcing them soon, or advising VOSA.
If our bus operators are to operate commercially, there's only one thing that going to happen, and that's cutting of unremunerative services.
Therefore, if we want services to operate on corridors that have dropped below the point at which they can run commercially, they need to be supported in some way.
The alternative, having operators that provide services for the benefit of the community rather than to make a profit, was abolished as a political decision in the 1980s .....
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