Diamond Bus North West

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RE: Diamond Bus North West

(30/06/2019 17:55)gilesbus1 Wrote:  55 plate Volvo B7RLE/Wright Eclipse Urban 30855 has moved also into Atherton it came in last week, presume another bound for Bolton.

Arriva has a number of companies interested in buying the whole fleet namely Brookfield Asset Management, Carlyle Group, Keolis and Apollo Global Management. So unless any of them are using it as a torch to raise funds by splitting the business up doubt Rotala would get it, also any take-over of Bolton may lead to an MMC investigation of Rotala as it would then have 90% of what is in Bolton and Atherton. Suspect Wythenshawe would be more likely.

If Rotala do purchase Arriva Wythenshawe they could reallocate some south Manchester & Trafford routes there, releasing dead mileage compared to running these from Eccles.