Jonathan Taylor reports on some unusual olde-worlde bus services in the South West
This is the time of year to look forwards and consider what the future holds. But I’m enjoying a little look backwards, prompted in part by what’s been going on in the public transport sector over the past few years.
The sector has been struggling to recover from the Government’s devastating, lockdown-based, money-printing handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. This caused subsequent high inflation and consequential difficult pay talks for businesses still operating at well below pre-pandemic levels. The rail unions have employed strike-based negotiating tactics nationwide, frightening many travellers away from using the rail network for years to come. There has been some strike action within the bus industry too, but overall, the industry is recovering well.
The coach industry, sadly, has taken a real battering, with many good operators not managing to survive long enough for the eventual upturn in business which seems to be finally happening.
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