Britain’s private bus services set a high standard

IN the interests of fair play I must take issue with the nonsense on private bus services in Britain from Paul Kinsella (Irish Examiner letters, January 26).

I can write with a fair degree of knowledge on the bus business in Britain, particularly in London where I was non-executive director of a bus and coach company that is still operating in that market.

Non-franchising deregulation is what happened there. Far from being a failure, the passenger numbers in London alone have increased by more than 50% in the past six to eight years.