Our local bus was cut from half-hourly to hourly last year. Today, two successive services were turned short meaning we had a three hour gap between buses.
Is the operator likely to face any real consequences for this?
The cut last year came on the back of them regularly cancelling services meaning passenger numbers dropped due to the unreliability of the service. As they managed to run the rest of the route without cuts it almost seems as if they are willing to sacrifice our part of the route and makes me wonder how long before it gets cut completely due to 'low passenger numbers'.
We all know that passengers aren't going to use a service they can't rely on, so it's so easy to cut an awkward bit of a route by stealth this way. (Or use the low numbers as a way to justify a subsidy to maintain the service...)
Is the operator likely to face any real consequences for this?
The cut last year came on the back of them regularly cancelling services meaning passenger numbers dropped due to the unreliability of the service. As they managed to run the rest of the route without cuts it almost seems as if they are willing to sacrifice our part of the route and makes me wonder how long before it gets cut completely due to 'low passenger numbers'.
We all know that passengers aren't going to use a service they can't rely on, so it's so easy to cut an awkward bit of a route by stealth this way. (Or use the low numbers as a way to justify a subsidy to maintain the service...)