(7 hours ago)robisdave4554 wrote A lot that your average traveling public don't know or understand about public transport provision effecting the blame onto the various operating companies for making cuts.
Perhaps some on this forum, too ! Of course, under franchising the choices that need to be made about which services to provide and how - and fares - will not be down to the bus campanies. That hopefully should bring more stability, but only if there is sufficient funding. There will be times when tricky decisiuons have to be grasped, and I hope the organisations and leaders will prove up to it ...