Ron Burgandy Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Holy crap! how? But the good news is it will be down to £5.6 mill this year http://www.energyfm.net/cms/news_story_281834.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoTail Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 You could scrap the trains. Buy (say) 20 minibuses and donate them to each village with a diesel allowance of say £15k each. say each vehicle costs 30k this would cost 20 X 20k 600k 20 X 15k 300k Total 900k Job done less than £1m total cost - travel for IOM now better and tailored to each area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shake me up Judy Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Because Government keep employing empire builders. The current team have wasted millions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lxxx Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Bob Longworth is someone who wasn't cut out for the private sector so he took the easy option of retiring early over here and hasn't done a decent days work since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 £9M, that is £24,657.53p every day of the year !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katman Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 You could scrap the trains. Buy (say) 20 minibuses and donate them to each village with a diesel allowance of say £15k each. say each vehicle costs 30k this would cost 20 X 20k 600k 20 X 15k 300k Total 900k Job done less than £1m total cost - travel for IOM now better and tailored to each area. Are you getting rid of the buses? Be interesting to see how many school children you could cram into one mini bus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Re: trains - are the station masters / employees at places like Port Erin on regular government salaries? If so they have one of the easiest jobs known to man (or Man ha-ha). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j2bad Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 You could scrap the trains. Buy (say) 20 minibuses and donate them to each village with a diesel allowance of say £15k each. say each vehicle costs 30k this would cost 20 X 20k 600k 20 X 15k 300k Total 900k Job done less than £1m total cost - travel for IOM now better and tailored to each area. Are you getting rid of the buses? Be interesting to see how many school children you could cram into one mini bus. Give em electric bikes, or even better make all schools boarding, that would make everyone's morning easier. As for the trainset that should be put into the hands of a 'not for profit' with funding by government phasing out over 5 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
censorship Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Does anyone know how much was down to the buses and how much down to the trains/trams? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoTail Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Trams not included as they are a loss to the Corpy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 As for the trainset that should be put into the hands of a 'not for profit' with funding by government phasing out over 5 years. +1 matey... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Trumps Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Paul Moulton announcing they've bought new buses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Holy crap! how? But the good news is it will be down to £5.6 mill this year http://www.energyfm.net/cms/news_story_281834.html Christ, those dinner breaks must have been costing a bomb if we've saved £3.5 million in a year. Seriously, I assume that the bigger loss last year was due to the investment in new vehicles and equipment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lxxx Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 For the amount that has been spent over the years we should have a first class tram system covering the whole of the island which would make travel around here the envy of most places in europe. Instead we've got a load of shiny buses, two expensive antiquated railways and some of the wealthiest passenger transport employees in western europe. Oh and a management team with gold plated pensions and a cushty little empire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vorta Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Erm? Two mini buses for bus VANNIN arrived on Monday night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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