Whilst searching for something else I stumbled upon this website which details how much Hampshire County Council spend with Stagecoach – £7,670,531 per year which equates to £767,053 per month. The payments are broken down and detail the category under which they’re paid and the category is the contract reference number. Using HCC’s own website the contract reference numbers are shown against the route they relate to. So, for example, it can be seen that the majority of Stagecoach Winchester depot’s contracts are all grouped under contract W235 which a look up then indicates brings them around £34,000 per month!
In September the bus subsidy cuts will come into effect reducing the £34,000 per month by possibly around a third. This comes on top of the loss of their largest single contract, Alton College, which was won by Go-Ahead who will be taking over in September. Tough times ahead methinks.
Although it’s no great surprise that all the large amounts shown are for concessionary fare reimbursement – wonder if those figures will reduce when there are no rural buses left for the passholders to catch?