Another nail in the coffin of Thatcher’s policies
The government is already backing local authorities York and North Yorkshire, Cornwall, Cumbria, Hertfordshire, Cheshire West and Chester as part of the Bus Franchising Pilots
Would anyone from there like to tell us how it appears to be going, please?
Odd, Cardiff Bus in Wales has existed for ages (competing with Stagecoach). Maybe this was England only?
Ipswich Buses also made it through to the modern day.
No, Cardiff Bus survived after the 1980s deregulation. All that was needed to survive was never to have elected a council that chose to sell it for a quick buck, like most did, in Wales as well as England, or have appointed managers that failed to compete with private operators like Stageroach and Worst.
If they’d sold it or gone bust, Cardiff Council wouldn’t have been allowed to start more bus services themselves again.
