First Manchester

[Mrboo]

RE: First Manchester

(22/01/2019 20:57)Brickmill Wrote:  Whilst there is no doubt that Metrolink is abstracting major patronage from bus operators, both First & Stagecoach refuse to criticise it! Further, they refuse to compete with it!! They would rather slash suburban routes - some well loaded - and blame city centre roadworks and poor road management for it.
I would tend to disagree about too many 'deckers as traditionally, at least, the running costs of full size single deckers was always at least 90% of running a 75-79 seat double decker. Also, with some services being slashed, the remaining services have to take up the slack in many cases and there is less and less of an "off-peak" nowadays anyway.

Metrolink pay well when they ask for passengers to be carried.