Manchester bus franchising

[Barney]

RE: Manchester bus franchising

(04/02/2023 10:21)Mayneway Wrote:  It’s a power game. They want to take back control, but can’t go back to a regulated system so this is the next best thing but will cost them via tax payers pockets a hell of a lot of money.

You will see from the comments above from certain members, who believe the system in Manchester is broken and will suddenly get better under public control - the reality is it will get worse.

The whole thing has been over shadowed by fare caps offering punters a cheaper deal but once the new system is up and running it will be a mirror image of the tram system with expensive fares while they try and recoup some of the costs of it all.

Once more you are expressing opinions as facts. A franchise system IS a regulated system and it has only come about by a Conservative Government - Labour politicians had no role in this change - that recognised that deregulation hasn't worked.

What would you define as "a hell of a lot of money"?

The recent £2 fare cap wasn't even thought of twelve months ago let alone when the Buses Services Act 2017 was passed that has enabled the franchising process to begin.

Also, need to add "I believe" before your claim "...it will be a mirror image of the tram system with expensive fares".

I am not naïve to believe that everything will be perfect with the new system, especially in the first few years, but it needs to be given time. After all, the deregulated system has had almost forty years to prove itself and most people consider it to have failed in its aims.