be prepared for timetable changes every 3 months because some smart arse who never uses the bus, sited in some distant town centre, with a spreadsheet can move things around till he saves one bus or a driver. Spreadsheets don't have a passenger formula.
Our local bus service changed to stop at some early teatime amidst howls from workers unable to get home. That time they relented.

I try and use independent companies, just as a statement.