When buses were nationalised they ran on time.?
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When buses were nationalised they ran on time.?
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Now private individuals have become millionaires on the back of subsidies given to bus firms and the service has deteriorated.Who agrees?
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Ansell A
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What alternative world did you come from?
When buses (and trains) were nationalised they didn't run to time any more than they do now. |
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Hugo
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I don't think buses ever ran on time |
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Michael H
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no, i don't think they did run on time at all. They were dirty, late and the drivers grumpy and rude
we used to have a game of hitting the seats and seeing how long you could stay in the dust clouds it produced. Modern buses are cleaner than that.
The difference now is that the private companies at least apologise for the poor service, the nationalised companies never used to do that ! |
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Cowboy
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Quality of service will be very poor when nationalized. Employees will think they are the bosses. I have experienced buses run by private operators in a state called Tamilnadu (not mofussil) and they make money or not they were excellent in service, no unnecessary stopping for checking tickets, helping the elderly and kids to get into the bus, plenty of buses due to competition, audio, video, etc., |
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NATASHA
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they keep times but traffic |
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Sophie
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Buses don't run on time. It is a rule. |
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GLENN J
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No they didn't run on time. |
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fiona
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Under nationalisation, the subsidary operators of the National Bus Company and the Scottish Bus Group had little incentive to perform well. In the final analysis, the state (ie taxpayers) picked up the tab.
On privatisation, the Government were aware that such incentives would pass onto private shareholders. So, the privatisation legislation (primarily the Transport Act 1985) provided for stricter controls on bus companies and improved standards of reliability.
There have been some dramatic outcomes, but few ever reach the national press.
For example a large number of companies have had their Operators Licence withdrawn (and therefore put out of business).
Others have had their Operators Licences seriously curtailed. (In the 1990s, First PMT had their vehicle limit cut by a third, leading to the loss of a good many jobs, including the MD. More recently, First Edinburgh has been fined for irregular operations.) |
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Well, said Alberto
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Buses never ran on time. At least now when they are late I am not expected to subsidise a lazy, do-as-little-as-possible working culture. |
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blue_eyesandy10
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yes that true |
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