Cable Forum - View Single Post - 400 more miles of the hard shoulder to be removed.

oliver1948uk · 10-04-2019, 16:12

Many of the bus companies in England and Wales (but not London) were government run under the auspices of the National Bus Company between 1969 and 1988.. Despite car ownership being very much lower in those days so far more people were dependent on buses, very very few of those companies made a profit, hampered by the cost of the bureaucracy.
These days, most bus services outside London are run at a profit by Stagecoach, First, Arriva, Go Ahead and lots of well run smaller companies, despite the added costs associated with EU driving regulations, adaptions for the disabled, clean exhaust laws, higher expectations of passengers etc etc. Gone are the days of the boneshaker belching out black smoke that many of us travelled on to school.
The billions of annual subsidy required in London is an indication of what might happen if offices are set up full of people with the intention of regulating the bus services. This is already proposed for the larger conurbations.

10-04-2019, 16:12	#46
oliver1948uk cf.geek Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Mansfield Woodhouse NG19 Services: VM Mix TV, 200 internet, basic house phone. Also Virgin mobile phone Posts: 541	Re: 400 more miles of the hard shoulder to be removed. Many of the bus companies in England and Wales (but not London) were government run under the auspices of the National Bus Company between 1969 and 1988.. Despite car ownership being very much lower in those days so far more people were dependent on buses, very very few of those companies made a profit, hampered by the cost of the bureaucracy. These days, most bus services outside London are run at a profit by Stagecoach, First, Arriva, Go Ahead and lots of well run smaller companies, despite the added costs associated with EU driving regulations, adaptions for the disabled, clean exhaust laws, higher expectations of passengers etc etc. Gone are the days of the boneshaker belching out black smoke that many of us travelled on to school. The billions of annual subsidy required in London is an indication of what might happen if offices are set up full of people with the intention of regulating the bus services. This is already proposed for the larger conurbations.