Stagecoach Manchester

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RE: Stagecoach Manchester

(10/10/2014 22:40)Mayneway Wrote:  I'm the same I much prefer the older vehicles myself but since the Finglands/First takeover the magic bus concept has been blown out of the water somewhat. Both Magic bus and First are offering £1 flat fares on the student routes the only difference being First are using brand new buses where as the youngest Magic bus is 2002 (2004 on the 141).

I've said before but there's no reason why magic tickets carnt still be sold on certain services but is the actual blue exterior branding actually needed?

I Wonder if Stagecoach might look into maybe,instead of a full blue livery for Magic Bus,branding similar to 38/76 branding on normal livery,maybe use newer Tridents or Early Enviro 400s fitted with WIFI (also i thought the youngest Magic Buses altogether was the 2003 Presidents)

one thing,at Peak times Stagecoach seem to provide a more frequent service to firstbus (it seems you`ll see a 142 to Parrs Wood every 2 Min then you`ll see a Short Working 142 less than a minute after a Parrs Wood Working,then 143 seems to be also every 5 min or less - Seriously what is ment to be the frequency of these routes?!) while firstbus seems to only be around every 10 mins (in pairs) so im guessing that will work more to Stagecoach`s Advantage.

another thing ive been wondering is,once this £1 offer finishes,what will be the standard firstbus single be? i`d put money on it being higher than Magic bus to help pay for all them nice new buses.