Commission sets out measures to open up bus market to competition

The Competition Commission (CC) has acted to prevent bus operators from making short term increases in frequencies and restricting access to bus stations in order to protect their territory from incursions by rival companies. The measures are among the CC’s remedies for increasing competition and improve service quality in local bus markets. Others include more effective multi-operator ticketing schemes, close scrutiny of bus mergers, and encouraging ‘competition-friendly’...

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