Once again for the people at the back. The purpose of public transport is to transport the public. Making money from doing so is a secondary purpose at best.

Noone talks about the profitability of the motorway network. So why do we do the same for public transport?

@quixoticgeek 'No-one talks about the profitability of the motorway network.'

We already have one privately owned motorway, the M6 Toll, and many tunnels and bridges that charge tolls. It's more likely this profit obsessed government will authorise more toll roads than make public transport free.

@pthane @quixoticgeek I'd forgotten that England still has road tolls. Some place.