I’m no longer directly involved in the coach industry, but as a general point, it’s dying on its feet.
Operators only need to have a certain percentage of accessibility adapted vehicles, and given the extra costs of buying those vehicles, and their upkeep, what I’m hearing from those still involved, it isnt worth it for the use they actually get - so if you’re going to have use of them, they really need to pay for themselves, and the race to the bottom pricing RRBs are running on these days isn’t cutting it.
That’s before you talk about the shortage of drivers (and remember, those drivers that are still in the industry can’t choose to work rest days for any reason).
So it may be that drivers aren’t available, drivers are out of hours, or there’s more profitable work to be had.