Warrington's Own Buses

[126th street]

RE: WBT Network Warrington

(11/08/2014 18:15)RSTurbo50 Wrote:  Fairbrothers weekly ticket is £6 and yes we are extremely busy at the moment especially on the Dallam and Westy runs

Well, I think at fares that low you'll need to be busy.

As for Warrington, it would appear that the operator has an exceptionally high cost base, not least because of some of the working practices that are in place. While a municipal isn't in the same situation as a subsidiary of the big groups where it needs to be looking at double-digit profit margins, the days of going cap in hand to the council after another year's awful financial performance are long gone. They need to be making some kind of return, but a £24 weekly ticket is well into even Southern Vectis territory.

A more cynical view could be that WBT might get paid a percentage of the average fare for each concessionary pass holder it carries. Jack the adult fares up and voila. That said I'm not familiar with how Cheshire CC reimburses operators.