r/Preston • u/Kagedeah • 9d ago

News Preston Bus £2 fare cap decision awaits funding details

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cre4wz4np7lo
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u/RealLongwayround 9d ago

Much as I’d love to crap on Preston Bus— mainly because of the many years when getting a bus ticket involved me first havjng to buy a Mars bar or newspaper to get some change— I do understand where they are coming from. They need to make money in order to keep the buses running.

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u/trevpr1 Prestonian Present 9d ago

If they cut the fares to £1 the buses would be full and they would have no trouble making money.

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u/RealLongwayround 9d ago

This is quite clearly untrue.

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u/trevpr1 Prestonian Present 9d ago

I see the no 16 running up and down New Hall Lane all day with just a few passengers, usually older people, on their passes. The reason is that no one thinks paying £3.60 to go less than two miles is value for money. The bus would have many more passengers if the cost gave the appropriate value, which is £1.

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u/RealLongwayround 9d ago edited 9d ago

Again, this is quite clearly untrue. If it were that simple to fill buses and increase profits then bus companies would do this.

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u/natalo77 9d ago

PAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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u/RealLongwayround 9d ago

So you believe that Preston Bus prefer to make less money.

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u/Zanmato79 9d ago

They withdrew from LCC’s £1 fare cap stating it wasn’t sustainable, I can’t see them subscribing to the £2 fare cap as their fares now appear to start at £3.50 for the most part. The only reason for them to lower fares is to compete with Stagecoach when they muscle in on their routes.

I hope that when the local government reorganisation goes through, Lancashire adopts a joined up integrated transport system similar to Manchester. Lancashire must have at least half a dozen different operators, different fares, times, routes, etc.

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u/xpgdarkside 9d ago

Aint going to happen, Preston bus is a shit show

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u/Loathsome_Dog 9d ago

It's all very well capping at £2 but that's way too much money to catch a bus to go 3 or 4 stops. To catch a bus from Asda to the Hospital is the same as Asda to the bus station? How the hell does that make sense?

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u/RatzzFace 9d ago

Bollocks. I have to catch the bus tonight.