Manchester bus franchising

[Mrboo]

RE: Manchester bus franchising

(28/02/2023 13:21)Y458 KNF Wrote:  Forgive me if this has already been asked but are any cross boundary routes at all included in franchising or are all of them going to be still commercial?

if route is currently run from a GM depot it is within scope for franchising. But if the route depot is outside of GM it will be commercial but they will need a permit and will have to take GM bus fares and passes as far as I know.