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Cardiff Bus sets up low-cost subsidiary

01 April 2016
Cardiff: increased bus competition
Cardiff: increased bus competition

 

Council-owned Cardiff Bus has received permission to operate 20 vehicles under the banner of a low-cost subsidiary company.

Vale Busline Ltd will initially take over marginal Cardiff Bus routes, in an attempt to make them financially sustainable. However, industry watchers believe the longer-term aim is to allow a stronger response to competition than Cardiff Bus can mount, with its historic employment conditions and pensions requirements.

Vale Busline was incorporated in 1995 as a wholly-owned...

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