Manchester bus franchising

[Mayneway]

RE: Manchester bus franchising

(19/01/2023 00:32)Mrboo Wrote:  If the price is right other firms out of area will take it. Or the others may cut other routes so they can move drivers and buses to that route. Thinks of commercial routes that only just about covering cost well cut them and move them to this route. What has GNW or Stagecoach or Transdev got that could be pulled or cut to lower frequency.

Your comment makes no business sense whatsoever. The industry is still recovering from covid. Service occupancy is still nowhere near what it was pre covid and I would bet most operators would tell you that most of their commercial work is only just covering costs. Nobody will drop work to run the 163, it won’t happen.