State owner? - UK - We want to run the city's buses
Norwich,England,UK -Norwich Evening News -26 Oct 2005: -- Beleaguered bus company First was today waking up to the threat of losing its power to cut services or decide on the fares it charges, as the city council makes a bid to take control of the city's buses... Councillors last night agreed to take action over the city's bus service by using draconian legislation to rein in First's powers and said: “Let's get stuck into them now, with all the powers we can muster”... The move follows a damning catalogue of failings by the company which has run the bus system since the early 1990s... First has come under fire after cutting the vital service to the Norwich and Norfolk University Hospital, for fare hikes and for two strikes which cost city businesses thousands...
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