| Comment | No, not unless the operator were in breach of their licence in some manner. If they did it would be challenged in court.
Transport policy is devolved to the Scottish Government, not to the councils. Councils have to operate within the national system, so to change that it has to happen at a national level, and be done in a manner that treats all operators fairly (i.e. you can't do something to First Glasgow alone, you have to do it to McGills etc too) otherwise those companies can sue the government for lost revenue (on the basis they've invested under the assumption of future revenue).
Again, there are proposals going through Holyrood at the moment to make it easier for councils to create their own local services, but these will still exist alongside private operators |
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