The Transdev Melbourne situation came about as a result of a very low
tender price that didn't allow for good quality maintenance. Lessons were
learned on both sides from that. With operational privatisation, a lot
depends on the competence of the agency to administer such a system and
this varies from state to state, with Victoria probably being the worst and
WA the best. TfNSW sits somewhere in between, but is improving.
Tony P
On Friday, 26 November 2021 at 21:18:20 UTC+11andrewh...@... wrote:
> But then have a look at Transdev's bus service history in Melbourne.
>
> I've found Sydney's public train and eastern to south eastern bus system
> to be quite good. Unlike in Melbourne, Sydney folk are more inclined to
> thank government run bus drivers when they alight. Tourist perspective,
> yes. Melbourne's fully privatised bus system is poor compared to when quite
> a part of it was government owned and run.
>
> Andrew.
>
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> On Fri, 26 Nov 2021 at 20:23, TP histor...@...> wrote:
>
>> The average private contract operator would be rolling on the floor with
>> laughter at that pigs in the trough analogy. In reality, TfNSW's margins
>> are so tight that it's barely commercially viable to win some of these
>> contracts. A lot of them take on the job to maintain their profile in the
>> market, because it's a national sector and there are more lucrative
>> contracts elsewhere, but they can't afford to let competitors occupy too
>> much of the available space and establish a dominant presence. They do save
>> operating costs compared to the government operations and have better
>> operational efficiencies and improved customer service, some of the reasons
>> for the now almost universal practice of operational privatisation. They
>> have very elaborate performance standards that they have to comply with and
>> sometimes there's tension between what they're paid and what they're
>> required to do. Obviously they can't allow the business to go into loss.
>>
>> As for the rest of the "anti-privatisation" scare propaganda about loss
>> of public assets, service cuts, fare rises etc, in fact that all remains
>> under government control, so anything that happens there emanates from the
>> government, not the operator.
>>
>> Tony P
>>
>> On Friday, 26 November 2021 at 15:54:02 UTC+11a...@... wrote:
>>
>>> [image: Create meme "the pig is scary, pigs at the trough, pig
>>> " - Pictures - Meme -arsenal.com]
>>>
>>>
>>> Nothing else.
>>>
>>> Tony
>>>
>>> On 26 Nov 2021, at 3:23 pm, TP histor...@...> wrote:
>>>
>>> Transdev in association with John Holland will take over Sydney bus
>>> region 9, the last of State Transit's operations, in April 2022. From a
>>> tram perspective, this is the region within which CSELR operates, the
>>> eastern and south eastern suburbs.
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.transdev.com.au/news-en/greener-connections-in-sydneys-eastern-beaches/
>>>
>>> Tony P
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