First Manchester

[Mayneway]

RE: First Manchester

(23/02/2020 19:16)james Wrote:  there is only one way to know. and that is to wait and see what the tender award docket says.
first gave up tameside work for a reason and that was to minimise overheads. septembers changes first said they didnt want ashton routes which is why they gave up all except 350 409 which could change driver at oldham and 348.
348 is an interesting route atm as is a lot of taxi mileage for staff changeover. originally it was planned to interwork on the roster with 350s but the roster was never agreed. due to reliability issues.

i can still see om planning to get rid of 348 to stagecoach. as this is one of a few routes that dont serve oldham t.c (others being 181/2 changeover at chadderton and the 6 rochdale changeover).
but wait and see in regards to the mct tender reawards.

The majority of the work First gave up in Tameside was commercial though. If they can get some lucrative tendered work out of TFGM who’s to say they wouldn’t want it.
Just seems odd that a couple of Tameside based drivers I know have gone to First saying they have been promised work on a new Ashton Rota come end of April. It is though like you say a waiting game.