Manchester bus franchising

[knutstransport]

RE: Manchester bus franchising
A lot of people seem to be asking about capacity reductions when there's not been an improvement in frequency. The 313 and 370 seem to have gone down from decker operation, to Enviro 200s. A number of the former Arriva Trafford routes are seeing smaller single deckers, while some of the Stockport routes have gone down from Solos or short Enviros to minibuses. It seems the decision to put a minibus on the 288 to Manchester Airport has already been reversed. Had TfGM really forgotten about Little Gem putting the Fiat minibuses on the 288, switching the destination display to "BUS FULL" and having to leave people behind? Their own inspectors witnessed it at Altrincham Interchange, so even if the operator didn't take action they should have been aware of it.