Maytree Travel - Bolton

[Mayneway]

RE: Maytree Travel - Bolton

(05/04/2013 19:30)mbonwick Wrote:  Bluebird lost their tenders off their own back - Stagecoach had nothing to do with it.

Yes but the point I'm making is the price Stagecoach paid for Bluebird wont have been even partly based on any of Bluebirds tenders. It will have been on the commercial services (that Stagecoach can expand on) and the owned vehicles!

[motormayhem]

RE: Maytree Travel - Bolton
Well im glad the drivers have been paid if thats true as just hope they are all able to get jobs with another operator as id hate to see people unable to get further employment.

[mbonwick]

RE: Maytree Travel - Bolton

(05/04/2013 20:54)Mayneway Wrote:  

(05/04/2013 19:30)mbonwick Wrote:  Bluebird lost their tenders off their own back - Stagecoach had nothing to do with it.

Yes but the point I'm making is the price Stagecoach paid for Bluebird wont have been even partly based on any of Bluebirds tenders. It will have been on the commercial services (that Stagecoach can expand on) and the owned vehicles!

Absolutely, but you can bet that the conspiracists on here will start peddling "Stagecoach told Bluebird to lose contracts before they took over", so I thought I should make things crystal clear.

[GmBusesNorth]

RE: Maytree Travel - Bolton
Stagecoach wigan have took 14 ex maytree drivers on to operate ex maytree tenders!

[Jack]

RE: Maytree Travel - Bolton
Was it First Bolton that did the 597 before Maytree? I don't think it was Wigan but this opens up the possibility of First or Stagecoach on the route if Jim Stones aren't taking it.

[T42 PVM (Moderator)]

RE: Maytree Travel - Bolton
arriva bolton got some tenders, they picking 4 buses up from WY now and taking on 14 ex maytree staff to run the services

[St Helens Rider]

RE: Maytree Travel - Bolton

(06/04/2013 13:33)sumner Wrote:  Was it First Bolton that did the 597 before Maytree? I don't think it was Wigan but this opens up the possibility of First or Stagecoach on the route if Jim Stones aren't taking it.

South Lancs have got the Evening & Sunday service on the 597, the daytime operator still hasn't been announced.

[Jack]

RE: Maytree Travel - Bolton
Yes I'm aware of that, I meant the daytime service that's why I ruled out South Lancs.

[WhiteVanMan]

RE: Maytree Travel - Bolton

(06/04/2013 14:14)bolton bus basher Wrote:  arriva bolton got some tenders, they picking 4 buses up from WY now and taking on 14 ex maytree staff to run the services

Interesting that both Arriva @ Bolton, and Stagecoach @ Wigan have taken on 14 Maytree drivers each. Does that mean the remaining 40+ drivers are still unemployed or have they gone to First.

[SF07]

RE: Maytree Travel - Bolton

(06/04/2013 20:50)WhiteVanMan Wrote:  

(06/04/2013 14:14)bolton bus basher Wrote:  arriva bolton got some tenders, they picking 4 buses up from WY now and taking on 14 ex maytree staff to run the services

Interesting that both Arriva @ Bolton, and Stagecoach @ Wigan have taken on 14 Maytree drivers each. Does that mean the remaining 40+ drivers are still unemployed or have they gone to First.

First did put a message on their Twitter page on Friday inviting Maytree drivers to contact First's Bolton depot, so there could be some there and possibly running the 525/527 Monday-Saturday daytime service tomorrow.