Service Cuts/Fare Rises

[Ginger66]

According to the E&S https://www.expressandstar.com/news/transport/2022/01/13/bus-passengers-face-fares-rise-as-support-grant-ends/

There could be service cuts or even fare rises.

Surely cutting services will have a detrimental impact and force people from public transport into private vehicles being more cars on road leading to more delays to services at key times of the day.

Surely raising fares will force take people off the buses and again leading to more cars on the road.

If the service levels are going to be cut. ie certain routes got ridden off or drastic changes such as services after 7pm been 1 bus per hour instead of the usual 2/3 buses or certain routes not having a sunday service will their be a consultation with passengers before drastic changes happen.

[2206]

According to the E&S https://www.expressandstar.com/news/transport/2022/01/13/bus-passengers-face-fares-rise-as-support-grant-ends/

There could be service cuts or even fare rises.

Surely cutting services will have a detrimental impact and force people from public transport into private vehicles being more cars on road leading to more delays to services at key times of the day.

Surely raising fares will force take people off the buses and again leading to more cars on the road.

If the service levels are going to be cut. ie certain routes got ridden off or drastic changes such as services after 7pm been 1 bus per hour instead of the usual 2/3 buses or certain routes not having a sunday service will their be a consultation with passengers before drastic changes happen.

Yes raising fares will probably put more people off buses.
Also I wonder if some of the tendered routes that perhaps had poor usage pre covid could get chopped maybe to, late night/Sunday 28's to Small Heath, 25, etc, keeping more core routes running.

[metrocity]

According to the E&S https://www.expressandstar.com/news/transport/2022/01/13/bus-passengers-face-fares-rise-as-support-grant-ends/

There could be service cuts or even fare rises.

Surely cutting services will have a detrimental impact and force people from public transport into private vehicles being more cars on road leading to more delays to services at key times of the day.

Surely raising fares will force take people off the buses and again leading to more cars on the road.

If the service levels are going to be cut. ie certain routes got ridden off or drastic changes such as services after 7pm been 1 bus per hour instead of the usual 2/3 buses or certain routes not having a sunday service will their be a consultation with passengers before drastic changes happen.

Cuts from April are highly likely across the country as things stand

[Bob]

What happened to the Tories bus back better then? 🤦‍♂️

[Justin Tyme]

Cuts from April are highly likely across the country as things stand

I'm afraid that's right.  When the Bus Recovery Grant ends many marginal commercial services up and down the country are at risk.

It's already happened in Hereford, where the main bus operator - Yeomans - withdrew most city services at the turn of the year because passenger loadings had only got back to 50% of pre-Covid levels.  The losses that the services were making were dragging down the whole company.  Herefordshire Council have had to fund what replacements they can afford.

[Bob]

Cannock's bus network will be screwed then!

[cardew]

What happened to the Tories bus back better then? 🤦‍♂️

Three. Word. Slogan!

The Guardian ran a piece earlier in the week that said operators have already notified Transport For West Midlands that they plan to cut 8 routes.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jan/11/bus-services-in-england-face-axe-as-end-to-emergency-covid-funding-looms