Manchester bus franchising

[Winston]

RE: Manchester bus franchising

(26/01/2023 02:22)Mrboo Wrote:  And they think they will get any more work off TFGM.

They were lucky to get some this round but I am sure it was just due to a deal behind closed doors.

Stagecoach aren't selling TfGM their Wigan depot or any of its fleet, are they protesting too? Not sure what they intend to do with Wigan depot after September?

Two of the small franchises still haven't been awarded that I'm aware of, due to non compliant bids from another operator & Rotala could be awarded a maximum of 7 of the 9 small franchises available.

Rotala needs circa 40 x Euro 6 buses for their West Midlands operation by 1/5/23 to comply with TfWM requirements, it makes sense for Rotala to redeploy existing Euro 6 buses from within Group & they can't wait until GNW takeover Bolton in September. Agreement could still be reached with TfGM to retain the proposed services up for withdrawal / reduce propsed frequency cuts.

The Streetdecks will go on the 002, 16A, 45 from Tividale & 50 from Redditch depot.