(09 Nov 2023, 1:30 pm)streetdeckfan wrote Even if GNE give in and give them whatever pay rise they want, where is that money going to come from? Seriously?
They can't increase their fares because of the £2 cap.
Day ticket prices (which I believe make up a substantial proportion of their income, although I'm happy to be corrected) are being slashed with the new TNE tickets.
Passenger numbers still aren't back to 'normal'.
They're running near end of life buses on front line services, with no funds to replace them.
So again I ask, where does the money come from?
Aren't companies receiving money to bridge the difference between their day ticket prices and these new TNE tickets, through BSIP?
Equally with the £2 singles aren't they being, at least somewhat, reimbursed by the government for that?