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Local bus services market investigation

Date of referral: 07.01.10 Statutory deadline: 06.01.12

Email: info@cc.gsi.gov.uk

Working papers

Working paper	Date published
Ticketing (PDF, 336 Kb)	Original version: 28.09.10 Revised version: 11.11.10
How bus operators change and analyse their offerings (PDF, 262 Kb)	Original version: 28.09.10 Revised version: 01.10.10
Methods and history of entry, expansion and exit (PDF, 213 Kb)	Original version: 28.09.10 Revised version: 06.10.10
Tendered services overview (PDF, 48 Kb)	28.09.10
Tendered services: analysis of qualitative evidence from parties (PDF, 772 Kb)	28.09.10
Tendered services—analysis of bidding data (PDF, 533 Kb)	Original version: 28.09.10 Revised version: 01.10.10
Bus industry profitability (PDF, 115 Kb)	07.10.10
The extent of direct competition in the supply of bus services in Great Britain (excluding London) (PDF, 107 Kb)	03.12.10
Econometric analysis of bus operator costs (PDF, 153 Kb) Note prepared by Oxera Consulting on behalf of Stagecoach: 'Estimating the economies of scale and scope for Stagecoach’s local bus services' (PDF, 139 Kb)	09.12.10
The demand substitutability of the local bus with alternative methods of travel—evidence from the National Travel Survey (PDF, 370 Kb)	22.12.10
Performance-concentration analysis (PDF, 651 Kb)	04.01.11
Depot cost benchmarking exercise (PDF, 157 Kb) Appendices (PDF, 744 Kb)	14.01.11
Barriers to entry and expansion, potential competition and contestability (PDF, 373 Kb)	24.01.11
Network externalities in the supply of local bus services (PDF, 195 Kb)	24.01.11
UK local bus industry cost of capital (PDF, 591 Kb)	01.02.11
Bus industry profitability at depot level—profitability and concentration analysis and operator responses for local bus services in Great Britain excluding London (PDF, 133 Kb)	01.02.11
The incidence of entry, exit and expansion (PDF, 154 Kb)	02.02.11
Preparation of the Traveline database (PDF, 50 Kb)	02.02.11
Bus station access and departure charges (PDF, 281 Kb)	10.02.11
Update on the performance-concentration analysis (PDF, 253 Kb)	06.10.11
Route and Urban Area analysis (PDF, 1.3 Mb)	12.10.11