Stagecoach MCSL - Chester & Wirral Depots

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RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral
From what I would imagine, the council wants to reduce its subsidy to zero, this to me would say that which ever bus company wins the next contract would run it as their own entity. I would think as Stagecoach are currently running the park and rides they would make a bid and bring it in house, plus personally I also think they would stand a bigger chance of this happening over Arriva's as they blotted their copybook with the previous council over re-registering all of the Chesterbus routes, plus stagecoach have a good reputation for park and ride work

(22/10/2014 19:36)Shaun821 Wrote:  Would the ticket machines be scrapped and passengers have to pay on the bus? Will council staff still be entiteled to free travel on the park and ride services and would pensioners be able to use their bus passes again? Out of the 4 sites, I know only 2 work at a profit (Upton and Boughton). Improvments need to be made at all sites but Sealand Road, hardly anybody uses this site, there either needs to be a major rethink or just sack the site off. One last thing, would the council still be running it or are Stagecoach going to try and get their hands on 100% of it or run it commercially?