Read it and weep.
Local bus firm in my manor gets £3,500,000.
http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/regional/buse ... sog/661224
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| Author: | Sussex [ Mon Aug 23, 2010 5:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | See how much buses get subsidised in your area. |
Read it and weep. Local bus firm in my manor gets £3,500,000.
http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/regional/buse ... sog/661224 |
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| Author: | Nigel [ Mon Aug 23, 2010 5:50 pm ] |
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Kin ell, I've just added up the amount the bus companies get round here and it comes to £8,401,456.47p. That's a serious amount of £££ each year to the bus companies. Add it to their fuel duty rebate every quarter and that adds up to some cash coming through the doors. |
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| Author: | toots [ Mon Aug 23, 2010 5:58 pm ] |
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£619,376.49 here but there appears to be some missing 
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| Author: | bloodnock [ Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:56 pm ] |
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The buses out here in the stix get chunky subsidies too...theres bugger all carbon friendly about them as usually the damn things are empty or near empty and a lot of them serve routes that hardly anybody lives near. Seems Crazy to subsidise a naturally unprofitable service that is probably about the least Eco friendly form of transport in this area only because it appears to make the regional council a trendy environmental champion...utter waste of money IMO...!!! May well be different in the Towns though...profitabe even! |
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| Author: | toots [ Tue Aug 24, 2010 3:16 am ] |
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I've yet to see a bus with more than a half dozen people on it after the rush hour home. I often see double deckers with one person on them. It would make much better sense to use smaller vehices, even the single deck buses seem too big most of the time |
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| Author: | grandad [ Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:41 am ] |
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You could always apply for a special license and do the job in your car Toots. And yes I am serious. There is nothing to stop anyone. |
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| Author: | Brummie Cabbie [ Tue Aug 24, 2010 7:18 am ] |
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grandad wrote: You could always apply for a special license and do the job in your car Toots. And yes I am serious. There is nothing to stop anyone.
I can just imagine Ms Toots ringing the bell, 'Ding, Ding' and then shouting "Hold on tight!" But she's probably not as old as you and I to remember those days. Ah . . . . those were the days, eh!!! No Elf & Safe Tea then!! 
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| Author: | Tulsablue [ Thu Sep 16, 2010 6:48 pm ] |
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Nigel wrote: Kin ell, I've just added up the amount the bus companies get round here and it comes to £8,401,456.47p. That's a serious amount of £££ each year to the bus companies. Add it to their fuel duty rebate every quarter and that adds up to some cash coming through the doors.
This is the fuel duty rebate 
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| Author: | wannabeeahack [ Thu Sep 16, 2010 7:06 pm ] |
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bloodnock wrote: The buses out here in the stix get chunky subsidies too...theres bugger all carbon friendly about them as usually the damn things are empty or near empty and a lot of them serve routes that hardly anybody lives near.
Seems Crazy to subsidise a naturally unprofitable service that is probably about the least Eco friendly form of transport in this area only because it appears to make the regional council a trendy environmental champion...utter waste of money IMO...!!! May well be different in the Towns though...profitabe even! speaking from the sticks, our rural bus charges £2.50 to the next village on top of the subsidies its 3 mile |
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| Author: | grandad [ Fri Sep 17, 2010 8:07 am ] |
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wannabeeahack wrote: bloodnock wrote: The buses out here in the stix get chunky subsidies too...theres bugger all carbon friendly about them as usually the damn things are empty or near empty and a lot of them serve routes that hardly anybody lives near. Seems Crazy to subsidise a naturally unprofitable service that is probably about the least Eco friendly form of transport in this area only because it appears to make the regional council a trendy environmental champion...utter waste of money IMO...!!! May well be different in the Towns though...profitabe even! speaking from the sticks, our rural bus charges £2.50 to the next village on top of the subsidies its 3 mile How much would you charge? |
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| Author: | Nigel [ Fri Sep 17, 2010 10:36 am ] |
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grandad wrote: wannabeeahack wrote: bloodnock wrote: The buses out here in the stix get chunky subsidies too...theres bugger all carbon friendly about them as usually the damn things are empty or near empty and a lot of them serve routes that hardly anybody lives near. Seems Crazy to subsidise a naturally unprofitable service that is probably about the least Eco friendly form of transport in this area only because it appears to make the regional council a trendy environmental champion...utter waste of money IMO...!!! May well be different in the Towns though...profitabe even! speaking from the sticks, our rural bus charges £2.50 to the next village on top of the subsidies its 3 mile How much would you charge? If they get subsidies then nothing more than £1.50. If you want to see subsidies on a grand scale you need to come and see the night buses in Mansfield, they are running with 2 and 3 people on board. |
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| Author: | bloodnock [ Fri Sep 17, 2010 12:25 pm ] |
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Nigel wrote: grandad wrote: wannabeeahack wrote: bloodnock wrote: The buses out here in the stix get chunky subsidies too...theres bugger all carbon friendly about them as usually the damn things are empty or near empty and a lot of them serve routes that hardly anybody lives near. Seems Crazy to subsidise a naturally unprofitable service that is probably about the least Eco friendly form of transport in this area only because it appears to make the regional council a trendy environmental champion...utter waste of money IMO...!!! May well be different in the Towns though...profitabe even! speaking from the sticks, our rural bus charges £2.50 to the next village on top of the subsidies its 3 mile How much would you charge? If they get subsidies then nothing more than £1.50. If you want to see subsidies on a grand scale you need to come and see the night buses in Mansfield, they are running with 2 and 3 people on board. That should save the Planet....3 people on a bloody great bus!!! |
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| Author: | wannabeeahack [ Fri Sep 17, 2010 1:18 pm ] |
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id charge £3 for upto 4 people.... |
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| Author: | Nigel [ Fri Sep 17, 2010 1:50 pm ] |
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bloodnock wrote: Nigel wrote: grandad wrote: wannabeeahack wrote: bloodnock wrote: The buses out here in the stix get chunky subsidies too...theres bugger all carbon friendly about them as usually the damn things are empty or near empty and a lot of them serve routes that hardly anybody lives near. Seems Crazy to subsidise a naturally unprofitable service that is probably about the least Eco friendly form of transport in this area only because it appears to make the regional council a trendy environmental champion...utter waste of money IMO...!!! May well be different in the Towns though...profitabe even! speaking from the sticks, our rural bus charges £2.50 to the next village on top of the subsidies its 3 mile How much would you charge? If they get subsidies then nothing more than £1.50. If you want to see subsidies on a grand scale you need to come and see the night buses in Mansfield, they are running with 2 and 3 people on board. That should save the Planet....3 people on a bloody great bus!!! All are double deckers. |
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