National Express takeover of Stagecoach

[Mrboo]

RE: National Express takeover of Stagecoach

(21/09/2021 17:48)MTL0201 Wrote:  Been reported on BBC site
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58636437

I have experiences National Express West Midlands, & they're pretty good, main issues is reliability which is mostly down to traffic, & too many network changes. The fleet has undergone renewal the last few years & platinum range is as good as Stagecoach Gold, minus leather seats, although Platinum range does have next stop announcements.

National Express I don't feel would touch anything as Stagecoach runs a tight ship with them even offering outsourcing services to others like Stagecoach services / payroll. more like travel west midlands would be run like a Stagecoach unit as it be more simple to move them onto there IT systems and ways of working. most big groups endup with same managers as most jump from one to other or know each other so it hard to think much would change without lots of upset staff. Travel west midlands was a PTE owned company. just like Stagecoach Manchester, they tend to keep their systems and ways of thinking from the days of PTE owner ship. like London most work the same no matter the company with the odd change in system but it all started from same system.