Meaning of bus war | Babel Free

Definitions

A strategy of scheduling very large numbers of buses on a route in order to swamp competition from other bus operators.

Examples

“Public Transport Information Unit report that it is passengers who suffer most in this bus war.”

“According to the government's White Paper on the Future of Transport 1998 bus deregulations outside London caused substantial upheaval because of 'bus wars' and confusion over changing service patterns.”

“We are not convinced, however, that the Competition Commission's vision of widespread and sustained head-to-head competition is realistic or desirable. Previous bus wars led to instability and confusion that was in the interests of neither operators nor passengers.”

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