Stagecoach Manchester

[iMarkeh]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(12/07/2022 20:40)SF07 Wrote:  Several cancellations have appears today on the VOSA site today from Stagecoach Manchester for 30 October 2022, the majority of which are TfGM contract expiries. Some cancellations are presumably just the tendered journeys rather than the whole service.

Services listed:

• 1/2 Wigan-Highfield Grange circulars (presumably evening/Sunday journeys - listed as Service Withdrawn. TfGM Tender expiry)
• 7/7A/7B Ashton-Stockport (presumably evening/Sunday journeys - listed as Service Withdrawn)
• 81 Derker-Manchester via Oldham (listed as TfGM tender expiry)
• 102/103 Airport/Southern Cemetery-Manchester (presumably 102 - listed as Service Withdrawn)
• 108 TImperley-Manchester (listed as Service Withdrawn)
• 149 Chadderton Park-NMGH via Oldham (Listed as TfGM tender expiry)
• 150 Gorton-Trafford Centre (presumably evening/Sunday journeys - listed as Service Withdrawn)
• 183 Royal Oldham Hospital-Limeside via Oldham (Listed as TfGM tender expiry)
• 237 Glossop-Ashton (presumably evening journeys - listed as Service Withdrawn)
• 313 Stockport-Manchester Airport (presumably evening journeys - listed as service withdrawn)
• 323 Stockport-Heaton Mersey (listed as Service Withdrawn)
• 328 Stockport-Cheadle (presumably evening/Sunday journeys - listed as service withdrawn)
• 343 Oldham-Hyde (listed as TfGM tender expiry)
• 344/345 Ashton-Denton (listed as TfGM Tender expiry)
• 358 Stockport-Hayfield (Listed as Service Withdrawn)
• 374 Stockport-Hazel Grove (Listed as TfGM Tender expiry)
• 378/378A/379 Stockport-Grove Lane (presumably evening journeys - listed as service withdrawn + TfGM tender expiry)
• 411 Oldham-Derker (Listed as TfGM Tender expiry)
• 415 Oldham-Middleton (Listed as TfGM tender expiry)
• 634 Wigan-Castle Hill (Listed as TfGM tender expiry)
• 635 Wigan-Wrightington Hospital (Listed as TfGM tender expiry)
  

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If it has been cancelled, that should be the whole service. Unless they are about to reregister the routes. If it was just the funding being removed, it would be a variation. These look like outright cancelled, not to return. In which case, some interesting ones here like the Wigan 1/2 and Ashton 237. The other ones which are commercial have been kind of killed off a little bit over time anyway with various changes and slowing them down. Guess the lower patronage has just killed them. Likely also a bit of Stagecoach throwing their toys out of the pram over franchising so trying to make TFGM suffer as much as possible.