Since I think Summer 2023, the Stagecoach service 20 Priory Park and Ride in Hull has been subsidised by Hull City Council Monday to Friday until 0900 and after 1400. During these times the service is half hourly and operates via the A63, as opposed to operating every 20 minutes via Askew Avenue off peak and on Saturdays when the service is provided commercially.
It's an odd situation how a park and ride can be commercially viable for just five hours in the middle of the day - it's not an off peak shopping route. Are Stagecoach just doing the minimum necessary to keep access to the Park and Ride for MKM Stadium match day and Hull Fair services?
Also odd, Stagecoach providing a 20 minute frequency commercially pre 0900 on a Saturday when it's a tendered half hourly service at this time on a weekday.
Just to make things even more bizarre, the commercial/tendered split Monday to Friday becomes very apparent from tomorrow - Monday 31st March - as the tendered peak time service passes to East Yorkshire Buses on an initial one year contract (with option to extend) costing £113,802 per annum, funded from Bus Service Improvement Plan funding. East Yorkshire were the only operator to submit a compliant bid and included a "satisfactory quality submission".
I'm not sure this is a good look for East Yorkshire Buses when temporary timetable reductions remain in operation on other Hull routes.
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So EY gain another council contract in Hull while different services paid for by the council aren’t operating on other routes due to ‘driver and vehicle shortages’. Talk about a reward for failure.
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