(08 Apr 2025, 11:54 am)Andreos1 wrote But the multi-billion pound organisation owning SNE could quite easily take the hit, absorb NINO increases or adapt the route, so the taxpayer and residents in those areas don't lose out.
As they're not looking at the internal controllables and are firmly placing the blame at the door of the external factors, I think we all know where their priorities lie.
As I've said, they've issued the warnings for 2 years. They've chosen to do absolutely nothing about it themselves.
They'd argue, with some justification, they've saved the tax payer a fortune the last few years by not ditching a route like the 18 when they could have. Nobody can accuse Stagecoach of being the sort of operator that drops things at the drop of a stone. It works both ways.
I'd also say NEXUS/NECA do an absolutely appalling job of marketing thier own fully secured services. More passengers = less subsidy which then could mean more money for unprofitable ...like the 18