Save the school bus

On 29 Oct 2013, at 03:55 pm, "Ben Cole" wrote:

Dear Mr Williams

Thank you once again for your email in which you have clarified the requested information.

I appreciate you taking the time to calculate some values for the school service, however owing to commercial confidentiality I am not prepared to discuss in detail the specifics of our costs and revenues. I would like to explain that school services are one of the most expensive services to operate as they only run for 190 days but incur the overhead costs for a full twelve month period. As the schools would require services at our busiest time we would not be able to sufficiently utilise the bus outside of the peak hours operation to create the necessary revenues to cover all areas of costs for that vehicle.

The second point you make regarding the safety implications should be addressed to your local authority, as the footways and highways fall under their responsibility.

We informed the local authority on 15th October 2013 of the change scheduled for 10th November and if a requirement for education transport under their responsibility for social necessary transport was needed, then they would have an opportunity to put out to tender specifically for Deer Park School.

I apologise for the inconvenience this change will have but we could not continue operating this corridor at a loss.

Kind Regards

Ben Cole
Commercial Officer
Stagecoach West