Greater Manchester Tenders

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RE: Greater Manchester Tenders

(23/01/2022 12:45)knutstransport Wrote:  Little Gem won the 288 contract last year, when the Sunday service got reinstated having been withdrawn due to the COVID pandemic.

D&G have been running a weekday PVR of 8 from Wincham, with the 82 (PVR of 3) being run from Crewe for quite a while now, so there may be issues with them recruiting drivers for North & Mid Cheshire/South Manchester. It was suggested the Wincham outstation was so they could run Northwich services, where there's a lot more bus routes than Knutsford and Wilmslow. However, other than the 89, the Sunday locals and a John Deanes service they haven't been awarded any Northwich contracts. The 48 would have seemed ideal for a small operator - it was Howards first contract - but that's just gone to Stagecoach.

Oh yes, it was because I rode route 288 last January that I forgot the tender had been won from D&G by Little Gem. I haven't even seen a Little gem bus on it having not been in the area at the right time since the change.