Right folks, got the X93 stuff out of my skin and a bit apology to anyone not happy with my doing it this way. This though is just a bit of a defence to Arriva and indeed the other operators with regard to the Moorsbus. Much of the blame for the demise of this would in fact appear to cone from the North York Moors
National Park people and the communities/people therein? Operators will, as Scott says, provide a commercially based service if it makes money and provide vehicles if asked on tender/contract basis. Few will gamble unless they have an idea that said gamble is going to work/pay; I feel that's the basis behind what East Yorkshire/Transdev are doing? Essentially we lost the Moorsbus on the
basis that it didn't pay and with the NYMNP
short of cash it was axed, no one bothered to
see if any other bodies/organisations/funding
providers would come on board? My reasoning is based on what I know from the Yorkshire Dales NP and the stuff I read following my ask about the Dalesbus? It seems across there there is a collective of funding providers etc that have come together to provide a quite vibrant and am sure,sustainable network of services across the Park. Here in Guisborough, on the edge of the National Park we can't get anywhere on a Sunday/Bank Holiday using public transport !