Recent content by Nickincornwall

The choice of solos for the A17 was ironic , they would possibly cope with the St Just to Penzance section but the St Ives section was drastically removing capacity. 1603646037 I would agree with Richard there i think the councils involvement was on the E200s which unbeknown to councillors some...

In fact the Truro Park and Ride is a Cornwall Council Contract, Eden Park and Ride is an Eden Project Contract

Sounds more like desperation and with no actual thought. For example Worcester would probably be nearer and more understood by first Bristol.

Richard this is just what happens elsewhere and you should be aware that FK identified what they would run commercially the tender base was then to fill the gaps required by CC. In some cases as is allowed the base would be met plus an enhancement. Now muddy the waters with Covid 19 and the...

Red seems the in Colour it is also the Network West Midlands colour with both Diamond and National West Midlands buses wearing this on joint commercial services and what thst hss shoen is it is possible for the two biggesr operators to work together on joint services when brokered by the...

I suspect the reason Cc said no is because they are looking for an all modes ticket. Bus, Rail and Ferry. It is easier for CC to run a joint ticketing as the old PTE areas do because there is less of a competition commission issue rather thsn if bus companies try to do it themselves. Ghr issue...

Richard i appreciate your loyalty to kernow though last time i saw one of the new E200 the basics even at the front of the vehicle was not good. What makes the difference is of course the starting position and Go Ahead are better at that. Of course the ideal would be for the operators to pool...

I doubt it should or could be investigated. The model is one of a partnership between the Council and Go Ahead which us essentially what the council wanted bit couldn't achieve with First as the biggest operator. Of course First upped their game by investing in an area where the numbers failed...

I think we need to get a few things straight. Saturday services were cut, some like the 25 wrecklessly to cut the subsidy payable to kernow to within the budget set to extend existing contracts. Sone servive cuts were ok because they reflected passenger levels particularly on services wrecked...

We will have to see what happens really

I agree however the problem is whether people will have the money. We deal w I the self employed clients who fear the worst financially and even those companies where they are furloughing people, we are still waiting for the hmrc system to claim the job retention grant. For a company like First...

That is a good plan, personally I think it will be Sept to October before any pubs or restaurants open and as for a tourist season not many will have the money to take a holiday after this

That proviso was based on projected traffic, it has now dropped through the floor in common with most operators. The question is the ability to survive in this climate. The risk is the commercial operations where all projections are dead

I think you have a good point but remember they also have Trans Pennine, South Western and Hull rains the first two already in trouble

As an investor I paid387p for my go ahead shares First group I paid 80p The issue I think with first is as a group they have lost money for the last two years. In a group the entire group fortunes can bring down even the more profitable parts of a group. Look at Thomas Cook for a good example