Stagecoach Manchester

[Brickmill]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(08/03/2019 09:19)Southernsofty Wrote:  Might work the other way round, If (and I know it's not certain or how the grants would be doled out) Coach operators inside Greater Manchester are given money by TfGM to upgrade some or all of their coaches to Euro 6, then coach companies outside Greater Manchester will be at a disadvantage and may just say 'It's not worth our while bidding for work inside Manchester'.
I know that down in the South East, some coach companies have already decided to turn down work in London (Partly to be fair because of parking issues), or explained to potential customers that there will be an extra charge to cover the cost of the daily fine.
I note the comment about Motorways being exempt, presumably Manchester Airport won't be exempt?
With Internet parcel deliveries, the firms who own the vans themselves usually have modern fleets that are Euro 6 already or very soon, the ones that use self employed owner drivers don't care anyway -'Not their problem'!
Big Delivery companies have modern vehicles and can afford to buy/lease new every year or switch trucks around from other regions.

I can't see TfGM paying anything to coach ops. 1. It would be GMCA. 2. They are asking for Whitehall to pay the full cost. 3. Coach es hardly provide an essential service - most aren't even DDA.