LCR Bus Franchising

[Mayneway]

RE: LCR Bus Franchising

(26/02/2022 10:25)Barney Wrote:  Clearly TfGM cannot proceed with the bidding process whilst a judicial review is being conducted. For those of us with long memories, the Transport Act of 1985 that created the deregulated system that currently exists was also challenged in the courts and subsequently failed.

My view is that this is a desperate delaying tactic by Stagecoach and Diamond and the fact that the Bus Services Act of 2017 is enshrined in law will mean that this appeal will also ultimately prove futile.

Where is this "strong feeling that it will be watered down or dumped altogether"? It seems more like wishful thinking on your part as I haven't seen or read anything to corroborate this assertion. On the contrary, most of the metro mayors seem to be following Andy Burnham's lead and pursuing a franchised bus system.

I work in the industry in Manchester. The big chief of the company I work for informed us a couple of weeks ago about the pause. The reason for the pause is because the date for the results of the inquiry have long passed and TFGM have been told to pause spending, which potentially means it might not go their way. None of us have a crystal ball but the wait is certainly interesting.