(08 Apr 2025, 1:41 pm)DeltaMan wrote
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
It goes without saying they could have binned it off years ago.
But they didn't.
They still didn't look to improve it though.
They didn't look to make it more sustainable or profitable though.
And that's the underlying issue as far as I'm concerned.
They knew it didn't make as much money as they would have liked, but they've done absolutely nothing about it. Until now and they're blaming NI increases.
And they're still not doing anything about improving it.
They're just binning it off.