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    McGill's Buses - Renfrewshire & Inverclyde

    I think that congestion will be partly responsible for the McGills public Inquiry It seems unfair when they have the car park which is the M8 every day to contend with. Sometimes the 901/906 crawl in all the way from the airport in the morning
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    McGill's Buses - Renfrewshire & Inverclyde

    Good point, how big is their present network? With their previous network of 400 vehicles that would require a replacement of 25 vehicles per annum assuming a life of 16 years or an annual investment of around £4m on last profit of £108k the maths don't seem too hot
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    McGill's Buses - Renfrewshire & Inverclyde

    Depending on outcome of the PI they could have discs authorisation cut forcing a reduction in their network
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    West Lothian buses

    Lothian need a very large profitable network devoid of any competition between Bkackridge on North Lanarkshire / West Lothian border to Dunbar to pay for the trams
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    McGill's Buses - Renfrewshire & Inverclyde

    I don't think there is a problem with their financial Standing even though they took a dividend of £3.3m when they made only £108k after tax this equates to 73p profit per week over their 400 vehicles Its hardly worth doing and they will soon need to have 60% of their fleet in Glasgow eur o 6...
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    Should the Concessionary Fares Scheme be 24/7?

    The all Scotland scheme exceeded its budget of £202M during the thirteenth 4 weekly payment so operators lost a large part of that payment so 24/7 isn't viable
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    McGill's Buses - Renfrewshire & Inverclyde

    Perhaps new Traffic Commisioner showing what she is made of Looks as if it's maintenance and operations according to the sections of the 1981_and 1985 transport acts
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    McGill's Buses - Renfrewshire & Inverclyde

    maybe the new T C has read online comments too such as trustpilot with many having very poor experience of that firm and only giving one star because you cannot award no stars
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    McGill's Buses - Renfrewshire & Inverclyde

    They have also lost Lanarkshire Dab routes as from this week Many routes are evening and Sunday only so could be operated with minimal amount of Buses
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    McGill's Buses - Renfrewshire & Inverclyde

    Mcgill s are at a public inquiry on 30th July on 4 counts Also james Easdale , Colin Napier and Ralph Roberts called individually to Transport Manager PI regarding their good repute on same day

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