Starting a Bus company - need mucho guidance
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Hi Guys,
Looks like we are going to be working on a joint project between ourselves, local authority and academia to provide some bus routes around the area.
We are cool with regard to legislation, fare calculation etc, but there are a few things I need some help with.
First off, does anyone here run a fixed route bus service, or a bus company would be better that maybe wouldn't mind helping me out?
Does anyone here know anything about green buses? Not those f
king bendy things, but I was wondering if any manufacturers would be keen to get their new products out in the public domain... i'm thinking electric / hybrid / even biodiesel. We will gain more opportunities from the contract if the buses are green.
Regards
Dave
Apologies for the quick post, just leaving for a meeting!
Looks like we are going to be working on a joint project between ourselves, local authority and academia to provide some bus routes around the area.
We are cool with regard to legislation, fare calculation etc, but there are a few things I need some help with.
First off, does anyone here run a fixed route bus service, or a bus company would be better that maybe wouldn't mind helping me out?
Does anyone here know anything about green buses? Not those f
king bendy things, but I was wondering if any manufacturers would be keen to get their new products out in the public domain... i'm thinking electric / hybrid / even biodiesel. We will gain more opportunities from the contract if the buses are green.Regards
Dave
Apologies for the quick post, just leaving for a meeting!
We’re working on a project to develop an “Education Resource Bus” and for the base vehicle have been quoted £340k for a Hybrid Bus (The greenest you can get) with delivery time of 12 months + or Euro 5 Diesel – which is exceptionally “clean” at £190k with 6 to 9 months lead time. We were thinking along the same lines as you about giving an opportunity to a manufacturer to showcase their products but there’s sufficient demand for these vehicles anyway.
If you are running fixed routes and can allocate a certain vehicle to a certain route, then you can charge a premium for advertising as this becomes a “showcase” route. Normally, when buying ad space on buses, you can only specify the depot from which they operate from which for targeted local campaigns means lots of wasted coverage.
My daughter's school is about 8 miles from our house and she gets the local school-run bus. Cost per term is a tad under £500.00
There ends my knowledge of buses!
Good luck.
If you are running fixed routes and can allocate a certain vehicle to a certain route, then you can charge a premium for advertising as this becomes a “showcase” route. Normally, when buying ad space on buses, you can only specify the depot from which they operate from which for targeted local campaigns means lots of wasted coverage.
My daughter's school is about 8 miles from our house and she gets the local school-run bus. Cost per term is a tad under £500.00
There ends my knowledge of buses!
Good luck.
What do you intend to do with these buses in school holidays?
Lot of capital employed for very little return. Are you going into this with your eyes wide open? How many bus companies near you are up for sale/gone bust? How many already tied into this? They already have the resources, you don't. You are at an immediate disadvantage.
Sorry to rain on your parade
Lot of capital employed for very little return. Are you going into this with your eyes wide open? How many bus companies near you are up for sale/gone bust? How many already tied into this? They already have the resources, you don't. You are at an immediate disadvantage.
Sorry to rain on your parade
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