Reading Buses to trial the New Routemaster

Just another New Routemaster article...

Reading Buses is to trial two New Routemaster buses for their purple route 17 which goes from Tilehurst to Earley.

Local newspaper 'Get Reading' reports:

One of Reading's purple buses will be replaced with a London bus as part of a two-week trial.

2015 bus fares for publicly owned/regulated bus services

I have decided to take my time and draw a table to compare the fares with the publicly owned and regulated bus services. The services are regulated and the operations contracted out to private bus operating companies. For example, London Buses contract their routes to bus operating companies and their transport authority, and Transport for London organise the fares.

Another example is that of ‘Liberty Bus’ services, which are provided by the Jersey government but the operations are contracted to a company called CT Plus.