Diamond Bus North West

[johnluke]

RE: Diamond Bus North West

(06/07/2019 20:21)Metroline1511 Wrote:  When franchising was proposed for Tyne & Wear it was an extreme and unintended application of Quality Bus Contracts - of which Vantage is more what was intended. Any franchising in Greater Manchester would be within the Buses Act 2017.

Anyway, I remember the report/rumour that, had T&W franchising been authorised, Stagecoach would have deregistered the whole network, made the staff redundant, redeployed or sold the vehicles, and sold off the garages for property development. This would have left Nexus with very little scope to award a Newcastle franchise to anyone.

It just goes to show what he thinks of staff and customers ..had he carried out his intentions ..cover would eventually have come ..he thinks he can hold authorities to ransom but times are changing...take a look at what's happening in Scotland...eventually it will happen here