Blackpool Transport

[iMarkeh]

RE: Blackpool Transport

(30/06/2019 07:59)Barney Wrote:  BT is not the only 'small' operator to invest in new fleet. There are several in England that have upgraded their fleets and have managed to survive and prosper. Obviously their finance directors know what they are doing and perhaps not having to pay a dividend to shareholders helps balance the books.

As for your objection to the elderly using their ENCT passes, without them many routes would quickly prove to be unviable. Rather than be a drain on BT and other operators, the ENCT often proves to be the difference in retaining marginal services

I can understand them investing, it's more a case of how much they are investing and the 'no bus older than 5 years' rule meaning the first palladium buses will be off in just over a year.

I don't have objections to the concessionary passes. I'm saying that on routes which almost all run very frequently how are the passes actually keeping the routes afloat. All around the UK, operators are cutting back 'pass routes' because they don't get enough reimbursement. How then can BT run buses every 15 minutes when (from my observations) most of the buses are quiet and those onboard have passes.