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What a Franchising Assessment has to prove about affordability, procurement and delivery, and where the hard work really sits.
An Optimised Enhanced Partnership can give passengers one network experience while Operators retain fare revenue, but it requires the Authority to lead the proposition, procure the common platform and govern growth as a commercial partnership.
A conventional Enhanced Partnership can improve common standards, but each Operator retains its fare revenue, products and customer relationship, leaving the Authority to coordinate growth across several propositions.
Under a gross-cost model, the Authority sets the passenger proposition, receives the fare revenue and carries the risk when patronage does not arrive.
A step-by-step guide to UK bus franchising under the Bus Services Act 2017: assessment, audit, consultation, decision and implementation.