Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

[gilesbus1]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester
There are no Enviro Enviro400's at Wigan and no deckers are due at the current time, Stagecoach Manchester Enviro Enviro400's have worked in on ocassions on services 32 and X34 to cover breakdowns or delays, and Stagecoach Lancashire used Scania chassid Enviro Enviro400's on a range of School and College routes around Wigan & Leigh from time to time off the Chorley allocation.

School routes do not really merit on there own transfers of Enviro400's from Stagecoach Manchester as the book values are far too high for part time usage.
According to someone at Manchester who is in the know the only things on the transfer list at the moment are MAN ALX300's and one of these has been used to replace a solitary Olympian.

No London Tridents are due either and no decesion will be made on deckers until the next school year when all R registered vehicles on TfGM contracts will have to be replaced, lets not forget though routes might be the subject of rebidding and Stagecoach may lose routes to Arriva and closer to Manchester in area's such as Leigh and Salford to First Manchester amongst others, also Stagecoach Wigan could win additional work including that from Stagecoach Lancashire if they decided not to bid and work from Arriva, Tyrers of Adlington, First, Olympia, Holmeswood and South Lancs Travel amongst others in the area of West Lancashire and Greater Manchester and Merseyside that is within easy reach so any vehicle transfers cannot take place until next years requirement is known and formalised.