Stagecoach Manchester

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RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(30/10/2018 21:59)Brickmill Wrote:  Haven't you heard of "Austerity"? Transport Authorities are under constant pressure to cut tendered services, not increase them and under competitive tendering, potential loadings would be affected if the cheapest bid for the first or last buses came from an Operator other than the daytime commercial Operator. In the old days; GMPTE had a policy of awarding Tenders to the main commercial Operator on the same route, providing the price was close to the cheapest, but they had to stop after being "warned off" by the then OFT. Presumably, one of the smaller Operators (probably one that no longer runs) complained to the DfT.

Austerity there's a laugh. Throwing tonnes of money into metrolink and cycle lanes And hubs yet constant cuts to subsidised services. Oh but that's 'sepetate' pots.