(02 Jan 2025, 3:07 pm)Storx wrote Aye but surely if GNE wanted to run the Q3 in the area commercially they'd let them do so without the S106 money anyway? In an ideal the Q3 and X47 would've been the best scenario if it was actually possible.

I can't see any logical reason on why the Great Park would say no to GNE running a service, even if they had to pay a dodgy £1 subsidy to get around any rules...? It just doesn't make sense, unless there's some idiots running the show there.

But the Q3 clearly wasn't commercial. It reportedly was almost commercial pre-covid  but increased costs and reduced patronage (I imagine that a lot of Great Park residents now work from home part of the week) mean it can have been nowhere near in latter time.

X47 and Q3 both serving great park wouldn't have worked has there wouldn't have been enough passengers for both of them.

Anyway, Great Park west of the A1 is private land and they (Great Park Consortium) decided to give the bus service contract to Stagecoach with exclusivity.