Tom Barry wrote:

For my money, I'd expect buses to stay in service longer (particularly
with the debendifications taking some ridiculous proportion of the new
buses in 2011), fares to rise above inflation (justified by comparison
with the rest of the UK, so hello to the £1.50 bus fare), routes to be
cut back in some areas

Cut-backs seem to have started. The Sutton - Croydon night bus service
went this month, which is a pain.

OK, you know you've been in London too long when you get annoyed at not
having buses at 01.30 or at "get to the airport"-o'clock in the morning,
instead of simply being grateful that there is any kind of service after
22.00 or a non-distress-purchase service on Sundays...

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Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK