Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

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RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(09/03/2017 18:48)Nicholas Wrote:  One thing I was told by someone I know at ScM is that they have been told by Perth to recoup something like £8 million lost as a consequence of all these roadworks in Manchester. I don't know what level of truth there is in that, but that would mean a lot of cost cutting all over the place.

So as a result of congestion mainly in the city centre, services like the 169 which go nowhere near the city centre are cut - Interesting business approach if it's true!

In a way stagecoach have got bus users by the neck so to speak. They have spent years soaking up the rivals and independants, to a point where in large pockets of Manchester they are the only operator only for them to reduce, and cut the services in that area, practically pushing punters away from the bus alltogeter.