(09 Jun 2014, 7:35 am)ifm001 wrote Is that not the point of the tendering process in the first place.

Don't be blaming nexus and sne for not being able to use passes. Its because gne don't care enough about their own customers and the prices they charge to be anable to put the evening services on commercially

Have to agree with this point.

If the service made GNE enough profit, they would run the service (and others such as the 96, M2/3 and 4) into the evening.
Because they don't see enough money in it, the taxpayer steps in.
Throw an operator pass or two into the equation and look what we have?

One of the legacies of de-regulation, that has a negative impact on the passenger and taxpayer.

Only the operators win this one.