mjr wrote:Vorpal wrote:Maybe becasue Huntingdonshire only exists these days as a district and hasn't been a county since the 60s(?).
I thought it was the 70s but basically yes. Why do we expect visitors to really know the intricacies of our government structures?
You're right that they shouldn't have to, but that has very little to do with Huntingdonshire, or the organisation (or lack thereof) of public transport in the UK. It doesn't even (have to) have that much to do with privatisation. With funding and direction from central government, there could still be reasonable coordination, integration, and information.
I'm not a fan of privatisation, but it is possible to provide decent services with a privatised network. It is the lack of funding and direction from central government that causes the poor service, not necessarily privatisation.