JPT Bus Company

[Southernsofty]

RE: JPT Bus Company

(30/04/2014 11:55)Owl Wrote:  Interesting article in Route One, which suggests that Stagecoach have acquired 41 vehicles frpm JPT, as well as the routes and drivers, and that the deal is too small to require OFT approval, although Stagecoach do expect them to review the transaction, "as it is standard procedure". Not sure what that means - could OFT overturn it?

http://www.route-one.net/issues/536/index.html#/12/

Also what would Stagecoach want with the vehicles? Most of them are heaps of junk held together with duct tape. They must have better in reserve I would have thought.

One final thought, I wonder if the TC will be taking an interest in the management of JPT given the way that things happened.

Read the article too, I suspect most of the vehicles will be scrapped or maybe a few used short term before being stripped for spares and then scrapped, maybe the 2 Enviro 300s will be kept, nearly everything else is non-DDA compliant.(Is anything leased?)
Stagecoach will have had professional legal advice, I suspect they are being 'The good guys' at least in the eyes of TfGM, keeping services running and taking on the staff under TUPE.
As others have said the supported routes are only short term and will be re-tendered.
If the Oft or whatever they are called these days, tried to overrule this, what happens to the staff?