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One of the states reasons from Moir Lockhead for not buying buses for a few years nationally was the takeover of Greyhound in the USA which was unusually financed by loans rather than a shares issue. As a shareholders the financing of this I did not agree with because it is important to have a...

Well true volvos are fuel hungry but the power in them is preferable to the standard E400 especially climbing hills, which is why I like the Go Ahead Northern street decks which have power. Cornwall with hills needs buses with power.

As have been some of the intake of first vehicles and the Rame Peninsular gcb E400 when that contract was awarded five years ago. Cornwall is the one area which does that. In the 1970s there was new bus grant and maybe to get non deisel buses going rurally such a grant should be resurrected. I...

I agree with your sentiments about the move of the b7s because although the tinners got new vehicles the frequency was reduced as a payback which can be counterproductive. The movement of vehicles is a group decision of course, I am sure MMH and AC would have preferred to have those B7 for use...

Well you are wrong saying I have a gripe against First as a rival operaror. We never competed against First and would never have done so and if you look back to when first took over western greyhound services we used the Cornwall Busways Facebook page to promote First services having done 750...

Don't disagree with the basis of what you say.

But actually kernow has not split from group. The helpline is in Leeds, payroll is not local, it is input locally but run elsewhere, which is sensible but All customer interaction needs to be local. Gcb is being run from Truro. Plymouth Citybus is who holds the Operators Licence just as First SW...

Alex Carter is extremely experienced but all management inside or outside the bus industry needs o listen to the front line staff.

The turnround of fsw has been impressive but that has been with council contracts which have helped to pay the overheads. The question is do we believe that the management has the right tools to meet the current challenge. Stagecoach is poorly performing because the have yet to rationalise as...

Unfortunately in a group it does not matter who makes the loss

Richard the returns made by FK are the third best in the group that is accepted but first is one of the worst performing bus groups in the UK and looses money. Winning contracts like schools which I know they have won can b e a curse because the require only drivers who work split shifts to be...

There have been a few other factors A 20% cut in bus service operator grant A reduction in senior citizen pass remuneration to 43. 6% of fares courtesy of Gordon Brown in both cases. A cut in tendered Services in all but Cornwall and the PTE aread

There are 16 e200 going back to Cornwall Council that is reported in trade press. But there are some double deckers coming inward

Richard you know nothing about Western Greyhound, while your reasoning is logical it unfortunately is factually incorrect. Had you been inside Greyhound or spoken to ex drivers you would know that the routes themselves were busy and much of that was the publicity effect which is a major failing...

There are 19 routes completely lost by FK including the entire North Cornwall Coastal network on which Bodmin relies. In addition in the central area and, reducing commitment from Eden and Summercourt routes completely lost are 21/22/25/50/51 together with journies on the 24/27. Obviously the...

Flybe routes in the Scottish Islands are Loganair as the agreement between the two died a couple of years, ago and flybe then had a fares, war with Loganair

It really is very interesting how figures get bandied around by drivers as though the are accountants which of course they are not. Technically of course the 8% profit for first south west is right but this is for kernow and Somerset and 3% comes as a dividend from Somerset solutions the...

I think that both First Kernow and Go Cornwall Bus are only at Stage One. FK will gradually introduce more up to May however I expect some seasonally based services to be withdrawn (possibly permanently) in September/October. GCB have a lot longer to act but again I am sure will develop the...

Yes you have received my point loud and clear

Then you will know that the original specification is not necessarily the end contract