Rotala - Prestonbus

[Winston]

RE: Rotala - Prestonbus

(14/07/2019 00:31)gilesbus1 Wrote:  How many additional vehicles then are being sourced as the figure we were given on take-over was 160 were required and a 125 being leased, but is that 160 including most of Atherton's existing fleet or is that additional in order to keep the figure at Bolton at about 200?

So far there only appears evidence of about 12 additional vehicles having been sourced all from within Rotala so a lot of work to do me thinks over the next few weeks if the figure is an allocation of circa 200 vehicles!

As for follow on new vehicles that's another story that won't see much action I suspect till around Christmas. Ex Lease Stock might provide some leeway, I guess e.g. all the Streetlite's sent back of lease could be leased again or bought back!

If I was Rotala though Ii wouldn't use it as an opportunity to neglect Preston, that needs vehicles as well to come in, as the age profile there is already bad whether it requires new buses or not through legislation or local policy?

You tell the rest of us, you seem to be able to predict the future !?! Just don't ever give up your day job....

Why would Rotala want to buy or lease back stock they once operated? do you not think they were offered it before returning it. You'll notice they've all sat gathering dust / losing value month on month ever since being returned.

It's a good job you're not Rotala, you'd have a small depot located here, there & everywhere and they'd be bankrupt.