Manchester bus franchising

[Barney]

RE: Manchester bus franchising

(25/02/2023 11:45)NorthernCounties Wrote:  You're forgetting that the old regulated system was eating money for fun, why is why deregulation happened. So far with tfgm it looks like their franchised system will be no different and will again eat money for fun

It is true that under a regulated system it was part funded by public money but the official reason for deregulation was an ideological one and it was argued that it would arrest the decline of passenger numbers which it has clearly failed to do. Look at the evidence.

As for it "eating money for fun" I suggest that you check out how many billions were given to the bus operators during the pandemic and how much the various private rail operators are currently receiving from the state to run an absolute shambles.

If the polls are correct I predict that the rail network will also be taken back into public ownership before the end of the decade. How does that grab you?