As of 3rd December, one operator will have close to an entire monopoly in West Lothian as that is where I assume you are referring to?
And the new network that LCB are offering is, on paper, one of the most half-baked attempts at network planning I’ve ever seen from a bus operator and gives the impression of we have a monopoly therefore we can do whatever the heck we want.
Yes, the enhanced network being introduced by Lothian is by far from the ideal response, but given their restricted resources I feel it is the best offering they could bring to the table at the present time. After all, they were under no obligation to provide replacement services for the endless failures which McGill's have left in the hands of West Lothian's communities. But part of me thinks the horse has bolted after the door was shut. Perhaps too much damage has been done already.
On the other hand, at least passengers can have confidence that buses will show up around the time they're scheduled, rather than being hastily being cancelled when there's no relief driver, and passengers can wish goodbye to the false hope and fake promises which McGill's have battered on with the past year.
I don’t believe for one minute that any of those organisations are anymore annoyed by McGill’s than any other operator, …although that wouldn’t fit the narrative some would have you believe!
Your contributions, to this thread in particular, suggest you're not of an impartial view either. It's any wonder that posts opposing any decisions made by McGill's don't fit the "narrative"!
I'm sure McGill's bought First Scotland East, in particular the West Lothian services, with best intentions. However there seems to be a level of bitterness that those intentions were unable to become successful and in some cases come to fruition. Just a shame that newly electrified railway line sprung out of nowhere, eh...
