Manchester 24 hour Public Transport

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RE: Manchester 24 hour Public Transport

(30/01/2019 07:29)RedPanda Wrote:  Thanks for fixing the thread!

A 24 hr metrolink seems the more logical answer. Electric is much cheaper and the only extra cost would be driver’s wages. They run key routes throughout Greater Manchester anyway so in theory it’d work.
Bus operators get fuel at a fixed price for a length of time do they not, providing there’s no substantial change in either company. There’s wages, fuel and more frequent maintenance cost.
Trains again I presume they get a fixed price for diesel for no substantial change. But you’ve got driver’s wages, Network Rail and BTP keeping everybody safe.

Buses could also run where metrolink doesn’t, likes of Leigh/Atherton, Stockport, Hyde and Middleton to name a few places.

Metrolink will be much easier to impliment in my opinion with there only being about 4 hours where most lines are unoperational and about 2 hours where the airport line is nonoperational. The issue is safety. People walk around with no sense of their surroundings. This is bad for the buses but they can swerve to avoid people. Trams can't swerve and they may end up running to places with no demand due to where the tracks run. Buses can find and take advantage of demand easier.