Recent content by caferambler

I am being deliberately retro, but I should remind younger members that many municipal routes were joint with neighbouring boroughs, so ran miles out of their home territory. I am thinking of Greater Manchester where nearly every borough had its own fleet, and some like SHMD were themselves...

Point taken. But they only trim fares where there is competition. And the area where First really fell over was quality of service. See my blog at http://regulatethebuses.blogspot.com/ for the decline in the network over the years.

As someone who has lived in Edinburgh and West Lothian since deregulation, I am over the moon that FirstBus are going. Their only growth has been in their fares. In terms of passengers carried, it has been a disaster area, except perhaps for the few cherry picked routes they have increased...