'Ghost bus' * UK - That never picks up passengers costs taxpayer £500 a day
A coach which is not advertised and never picks up passengers runs every week
London,UK -The Daily Mail, by Ellen Widdup -7 January 2009: -- The 50-seater 'ghost bus' costs the taxpayer an estimated £500 a day and replaces sections of railway that have been closed... The London service, which runs every Tuesday from Ealing Broadway station on a 70-minute trip to Wandsworth Road, is funded by the Department for Transport... Experts say that by running it, ministers can claim that a service still operates and avoid the legal requirement to hold a public consultation to shut down the section of rail... Rail passenger groups fear that the Ealing bus sets a dangerous precedent for closures by stealth... (file picture - Waste: A 'ghost bus' that never picks up passengers and costs an estimated £500 a day runs every Tuesday in London) Labels: ghost buses
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