GM Buses North

[Bevan Price]

RE: GM Buses North

(09/12/2012 19:16)Polo Mint Wrote:  Didn't GM North also have depots in Rochdale, Wigan, Dukinfield (or nearby maybe Hyde) and the Leigh area?

Rather than duplicate what is already on the web, you will find some of the answers here:

http://www.selnec.org.uk/gm_buses_split.htm


Rochdale & Tameside depots had closed before the split into North & South areas. Tameside (on the edge of Dukinfield) was very short lived, and had been built to replace the Ashton & SHMD (Stalybridge) municipal depots.

Personally, I think it would be better if we still had the original municipal operators. Lumping small units into one large organisation often seems to reduce efficiency and lead to higher operating costs. In my opinion, local managers are often better acquainted with local needs than some remote boss in SELNEC HQ, Aberdeen, Sunderland or Perth, etc.