Private work pays off
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GROWING private hire and touring work PTE's revenue support bill in 1982/83.
The total support bill for the PTE's 1,300 buses was £28.9m, but there was a £1.1m contribution from private hire work, an area in which it is expanding with the purchase of purposebuilt coaches.
Operating cost per mile is 183.1p, of which 98.3p is accounted for by traffic operations, 53.7p for repairs and maintenance, 24.5p management, and 6.6p asset utilisation.
Vindication of Merseyside's fares freeze is contained in a general rise in passengers carried. Its own buses' loads rose from 216m the previous year to 244m, supported services' loads rose from 55.7 to 60m, and railway business climbed from 12m to 12.1m.
• West Midlands PTE buses required £20.9m support in 1982/83, carried 457.8m passengers, and cost £1.63 per mile.