Greater Manchester Service Changes

[Pulsar2]

RE: Greater Manchester Service Changes

(04/08/2022 15:40)SF07 Wrote:  Some details about the number of services that are being proposed to be withdrawn in October 2022. This is being put down to the withdrawal of government funding to help bus services during the Covid pandemic. They are mainly First and Stagecoach service with some from others, such as Diamond and Transdev. Several services are being put out to tender, which may mean the current operator will continue to run the service on behalf of TfGM.

Deregistered and put out to tender:

• 1/2 Wigan (Stagecoach)
• 6 Rochdale (First)
• 7 Stockport (Stagecoach)
• 11A (Stagecoach)
• 81 (First)
• 103 (Stagecoach)
• 150 (Stagecoach)
• 180 (First)
• 181/182 (First)
• 237 (Stagecoach) - final awarded option subject to Derbyshire County Council
• 313 (Stagecoach)
• 328 (Stagecoach)
• 358 (Stagecoach) - final awarded option subject to Derbyshire County Council
• 378/379 (Stagecoach)
• 480 (Transdev)
• 507 (Diamond)
• 511 (Diamond)
• 533 (Diamond)
• 571/572 (Diamond)
• 597 (Diamond)
• 635 (Diamond)
• X50 (Stagecoach)
  

Deregistered and direct award:

• 5/5A (Warrington's Own Buses) - subject to Warrington Borough Council
• 28 (Warrington's Own Buses) - subject to Warrington Borough Council
• 42B (Stagecoach) - part
• 56 (Stagecoach)
• 322 (Stagecoach)
• R3 (Transdev)
  

Deregistered and no action taken:

• 108 (Stagecoach) - only runs weekday mornings
• X58 (Stagecoach) - route mostly covered by service 256
• X84 (First) - route mostly covered by services 84 and 350
  

Frequency reductions/journeys withdrawn

• 3/4 Wigan (Stagecoach) - Frequency reduced - direct award
• 5/6 Wigan (Stagecoach) - Evenings and early mornings deregistered - direct award
• 9 Wigan (Stagecoach) - Frequency reduced - direct award
• 10 Manchester (Arriva) - Frequency reduced - direct award
• 10/10A Wigan (Stagecoach) - Frequency reduced - direct award
• 11 (Stagecoach) - Frequency reduced - direct award
• 21/22 (Diamond) - Evening frequency reduced - direct award
• 23 (Stagecoach) - Early mornings deregistered - direct award
• 59 (First) - Frequency reduced - no action
• 147 (Stagecoach) - Frequency reduced - no action
• 197 (Stagecoach) - Early mornings deregistered - direct award
• 245 (Arriva) - Frequency reduced - direct award
• 250 (Stagecoach) - Sunday frequency reduced - direct award
• 247 (Arriva) - Frequency reduced - direct award
• 253/255 (Stagecoach) - Peak frequency reduction - direct award
• 256 (Stagecoach) - Frequency reduced - direct award
• 263 (Arriva) - Frequency reduced - direct award
• 314 (Stagecoach) - Evenings deregistered and frequency reduction - direct award
• 350 (First) - Frequency reduced - direct award
• 352 (Arriva) - Frequency reduced - direct award
• 360 (Arriva) - Frequency reduced - direct award
• 368 (Stagecoach) - Sundays deregistered and frequency reduced - direct award (Sundays may be tendered)
• 375/395 (Arriva) - Frequency reduced - direct award
• 383/384 (Stagecoach) - Evenings deregistered - direct award
• 425 (First) - Frequency reduced - direct award
• 534 (Arriva) - Frequency reduced - direct award
• 541 (Arriva) - Frequency reduced - direct award
  

Route curtailments

• 8 (Diamond) - terminates at St Marys Gate instead of Shudehill
• 20 (Diamond)
• 85A (Stagecoach)
  

https://democracy.greatermanchester-ca.g...Review.pdf

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