From: denismfmcmahon@gmail.com   
      
   On Fri, 20 Mar 2015 11:32:25 -0500, Robert Heller wrote:   
      
   >> And lots of bus services in Poland (and other Eastern European   
   >> countries too). Scottish-owned Souter Holding is operating under the   
   >> brand name Polski Bus on long distances, and many small companies with   
   >> silly names (one of them is actually named Garden Service) on short   
   >> distances. Although someone can argue that buses of any kind don't   
   >> count as "without subsidies", because, in their case, roads are   
   >> subsidized.   
      
   > Right: an 'indirect' subsidy.   
      
   Many UK bus services are subsidised by local councils, such subsidies may   
   be for specific routes and times of day, for example evening services in   
   specified areas.   
      
   --   
   Denis McMahon, denismfmcmahon@gmail.com   
      
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