(22 Sep 2024, 7:17 pm)DeltaMan wrote One estate with 500 homes is not going to generate enough revenue to cover the cost of even one extra bus to serve it, nevermind multiple buses to other different locations. Great Park has been built for over a decade and not a single service is fully commercial.
If they can't make a go of it commercially, then that's on the operator.
500 homes and approx 2000 people living there, 250 of them using public transport and adding to the numbers travelling elsewhere en-route should be viable.
I'd hazard a guess Great Park could also be viable with the right service and some creativity within the route designing teams.
Alas, it seems we will see Nexus step in AND/OR we see delays, hold ups and inconveniences for the existing network. And for those who have the option, an inevitable change in modal transport, seeing an even greater decline in people using the X1 or 35.