Tim - surely all that does is saves a private company money? Maybe now they're returning some companies to public ownership it would save us money. You'd have to make the company pay back an equivalent sum that they would have spent on the bus service for we taxpayers to benefit. Or are you saying the bus service is a direct result of the station problem which isn't a train operator problem, if so same question really, who is paying and who will save? Thanks
Who can disagree with this? ... people need to engage their brains before any new action rather than just following rules and policy blindly. Let's question the rules once in a while!
Tim - surely all that does is saves a private company money? Maybe now they're returning some companies to public ownership it would save us money. You'd have to make the company pay back an equivalent sum that they would have spent on the bus service for we taxpayers to benefit. Or are you saying the bus service is a direct result of the station problem which isn't a train operator problem, if so same question really, who is paying and who will save? Thanks
Trains are government run round here already.
There's an even wilder example.
We run a rail replacement bus to cover a 'ghost' train that itself only ran for regulatory reasons.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9cKLSFiSZA&list=PLAVEZdjZWR0JOOiZrr_enmXpqP7uTcjYp&index=11
Crazy!!!
Who can disagree with this? ... people need to engage their brains before any new action rather than just following rules and policy blindly. Let's question the rules once in a while!