At the end of a day, tendered services will not change. Operators do run services which are ran at a lost on an evening, but it is not a blank cheque and decisions have to be made as to which ones to operate and which ones do not.

If the local authority (or Nexus) decide that a service of some description needs to operate, then they can put out a tender and let the best man win.

Are some people suggesting just because a service operates during the day, it has to operate on a evening when passenger numbers are greatly reduced and the bus is running around empty and then that is more FDR for the company to claim.....heaven forbid eh!!