Bus Journey Costs * UK - £123 per passenger
A subsidy of £123 is being paid for every passenger on a new bus service – a three-mile journey which costs just £6 in taxi, it emerged yesterday
Newport,Wales,UK -ic Wales/Western Mail, by Rhodri Clark -Apr 5 2008: -- ... The “rail linc” bus between Rogerstone and Newport railway stations was launched on the same day in February as the train service between Ebbw Vale and Cardiff... The Western Mail warned at the time that the bus was unattractive because of its average speed of less than 4mph between Newport and Rogerstone. Two months later, officials have now admitted that just six passengers per day on average are using the bus – which makes 26 trips per day... But the Welsh Assembly Government is providing £224,500 a year in subsidy, via Newport Council, for the service. Allowing for Sundays and bank holidays, when the bus does not operate, that equates to a subsidy of £122.68 per passenger... One Newport taxi company quoted a one-way fare of £6 for the same journey yesterday...
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