New timetables are published on their website, interesting is the Lynn to Fakenham only 2 hourly and nothing on Sunday, I probably expect this to go hourly once they are sorted but the no Sunday service looks the way forward, should have buses available on a Sunday if they have any intention of running them
Lynxbus Service changes from 28th AprilYes, here we go.
I wonder what Skylink and the two who gave him a thank you for the comments, amongst others
"so well done lynx for running a service for the people and not for massive profits and standing in when a big group brings the corporate brush in and forget the public".
Hourly service down to two hourly and no Sunday service - now who was providing the public service
I think 'was' is the key word here. NG when independent, and in the early (stand-alone) days of Stagecoach's ownership, were a much-loved, much-respected company.
Trawl back through the Stagecoach Norfolk boards and see the way that members felt about the way the operation was going under the auspices of Cowley Road.
At least it's a replacement and for a local opp they didn't have to do anything. Also they still have a service. Sadly you have to make a little money to stay in business.
I'd be surprised if a Sunday King's Lynn to Fakenham route would be profitable. It's hardly a tourist route like King's Lynn to Hunstanton and Wells-next-the-Sea.
And where are Stagecoach's Sunday Services between Cambridge - Royston - Ely - Newmarket - Bury St Edmunds?
It's becoming increasingly obvious that the de-regulated model for provision of bus services (competition
in the market) is no longer serving the interests of the travelling public (if it ever did). Franchising (competition
for the market) could be the key to the revival of bus usage.
Whippet's MD, Charlie Hamilton, is in favour of franchising – indeed has lobbied the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority mayor, James Palmer, to introduce it.
Stagecoach's Andy Campbell is solidly against (His own view, or orders from Perth?) pointing to the expense of TfL's operations.
Whenever Andy Campbell shows his A4 photo of TfL's HQ as an argument against Bus Franchising, I'm tempted to respond with photos of Stagecoach's co-founder AnnieGloag's two castles. But that would be a cheap jibe, wouldn't it? So would photos of the former Southdown Bognor Regis bus station and the Hants & Dorset Southampton bus station.
For a mixed urban-rural area such as Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, the Jersey model would offer a better guide than TfL.
Jersey model of bus franchising – HCT Group
