Manchester Community Transport

[Mayneway]

RE: Manchester Community Transport

(16/03/2020 07:17)M60lad Wrote:  Looking at the list I have a couple of questions:

1> There's still a number of services yet to be covered by an operator, is there still enough time for an operator to step in and run these services come April? (I know there's just enough a month until change date)


I would imagine the work still to be covered will end up going out on emergency tenders.

2> Looking at the routes operators have gained I wonder where vehicles are going to come from to operate their additional services? Especially looking at work Stotts have won

I’ve been told Stotts have already sourced Additional vehicles, it’s wether they have enough ops disks - don’t forget their licence was heavily reduced last year.

3> One thing I had heard is that apart from 408 First had got some of the MCT routes/tenders in Ashton is this right?

Yep I got told First had won the 336/337 and 389 evening/Sunday contracts but then again I also heard Stagecoach had got the evening 348 - shows what rumours are like!

4> Will there be a reason why Arriva this time haven't bid to operate some of the remaining services? Surely they can easily operate say X5 & 18 especially considering they've operated 18 in the past.

Arriva might end up with some of the work but it’s whether they are interested.