(23 Aug 2023, 6:56 pm)deanmachine wrote We argued that point when they cut the later 56s between 3 and 5am, yes they were probably losing money but you occasionally had Nissan workers who worked a bit later who we no longer cater for, which is happening again with the 2am from Sunderland to Concord in September. Even if it was a service losing money the rest of them were making so much money I think it just benefits having a true 24 hour service, giving night worker customers reassurance that if they missed their bus there'd still be something in an hour to take them home. I think those type of services need to be funded though, a for profit company won't keep a loss making service on even if it benefits them in the long run.
It's probably the same for daytime services too to be honest.
They built their model on the 71 feeding in to the 21, so when they binned off the 71 after arsing around with it for the umpteenth time, there's clearly going to be an impact on the 21.
You could argue the same point with the 34's and getting rid of some of the early morning runs or a 78 and dropping a late run.