Halton Transport

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RE: Halton Transport

(25/01/2020 00:27)teenagewasteland Wrote:  It's ironic how neither Arriva nor Stagecoach stepped in at an early stage to buy out the company, Halton BC would have bitten their arms off.

I seem to recall when GHA Coaches were doing reasonably well they got a takeover offer from Stagecoach, which was rejected. Then they started bus wars and registered loss making routes as commercial services when contracts expired to prevent them going out to tender and being awarded to a rival. It was claimed in their final few months GHA went back to Stagecoach and asked if they are still interested in buying them and Stagecoach's response was that they would just wait until they collapse and then they could pick and choose which routes they take on.

Arriva, like First, seem to be cutting back on bus operations not expanding them.