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Originally Posted by Ernie
If I may just clarify the situation (with respect), Accrington Corporation Transport Department became the Borough of Hyndburn Transport Department in the late seventies, and then on the 26th October 1986 became Hyndburn Transport Limited in line with the deregulation of public transport bill (1985). It was then that things started to go downhill as it ceased to be a public service but instead had to show a profit, some routes were subsidised by Lancashire County Council in the evenings but this was eventually removed and this was the start of the shambles of a bus service that you have today in Accrington, as it is now if you wish to travel out in the evenings or Sundays you have either to take a cab or walk, you certainly can't catch the bus thanks to Mrs Thatcher and her followers.
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Gordon Brown and his numpties in the government have had almost eleven years to rectify the situatiion and they, in their wisdom, have decided to make waves by regulation to make matters worse.
Pensioners have to show bus passes to qualify for reduced fares.
I don't see any problems with passes for students. In fiscal terms, that is how the councils subsides the bus routes.
Timetables are submitted by the bus companies to the licensing authority and are subject to approval before any changes are made.
Bus companies don't, and have never carried passengers for free.
How Frazer Eagle and Wallace Arnold got in there I'm not sure but if they are running school buses on subsidised routes, they too have to comply.
Private company 'Accrington Transport' not an issue really?