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Topic: Competition Commission - did they look BOTH ways? (Read 1678 times)
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Graham Ellis
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Picking up on an old story here ... the Competition Commisioner's report as reported by the BBC in March. link. I note: Diana Guy, who led the inquiry, said: "Our analysis found only a few routes where there was scope for competition between buses and trains."
In her report, Ms Guy said FirstGroup would have only a "very small" profit incentive to raise bus fares or alter services in order to shift passengers to trains. I suspect that Swindon - Melksham - Westbury (and especially intermediate traffic) IS one of the few routes that Ms Guy found. I note that whilst she notes that she states that there's only a very small incentive for First to push passnegers from bus to rail, she doesn't comment - at least in this quote - on the possible transfer incentives from rail to road. Did you see that other post on this board earlier today .. a traveller form London had to take the bus (no suitable train) and his journey was lengthened by an estimated hour. First still got the same money, but he's lost that extra hour! link |
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« Last Edit: July 16, 2006, 09:53:27 PM by Graham Ellis »
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