[Ber999T]

Yes since the Gov of the day (Tory) in 1986 decided to De-regulate Public Transport and allow anybody to set up their own bus service (that was the idea behind it) and to compete on a "level playing field" the local councils HAD to provide subsidys for the non-money making routes but these are now under threat.

It was planned to stop any one council/company from having too many routes and thereby making too much from the council and travlling public.

Used to have HBT (Hyndburn Transport), Ribble Motors, Burnley and Pendle, Rossendale, Blackburn all owned by local councils now think that there is only Rossendale Transport that is owned by the council all of the others got sold on to Private Companies who have since either sold them on or gone bust and then the buses have been bought now in this area the largest operator of Public-Transport is TransDav (French owned) who run Lancashire United, Burnley/Pendle and have just been allowed to buy Blackburn Transport!!!! Wheres the compition now???

Look out Rossendale!!!!!