Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

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RE: Stagecoach Manchester

(26/02/2013 21:49)MX12EOC Wrote:  

(26/02/2013 19:38)ace Wrote:  

(26/02/2013 07:02)MX12EOC Wrote:  Although what if the rumour of having no double decker buses before 2007 in Manchester is true? This rumour was from a while a go but who knows?

Yes it is true. And from 2023 onwards that will be the case...

Yup :L it's 16 years under TfGM conditions, although from that rumour (again) it said next year seems like a bunch of BS but it could be true, we never know.

If there were to be no buses in Manchester older than 2007, what would happen to the Magic Routes? I can't see 70 five year old buses suddenly being painted blue somehow. The Wigan fleet would then have to be turned upside down. Yes, there's been some new buses recently but there's still around 80 or so older than 2007. It may be possible that all Enviro400's will be 07 reg or newer, with a lot of older Enviro400's due for cascade soon, but as for the older end of the fleet, I think it may be some years yet before we see 100% 2007 or newer, unless of course the Green Bus Fund gives Manchester enough funds to buy around 150 or more new hybrids, which is slightly ambitious to put it mildly