Manchester bus franchising

[Valandil]

RE: Manchester bus franchising

(05/02/2025 21:49)Mrboo Wrote:  Often the reason now there smaller buses is bad data from before. Due to drivers not taking right fare or not logging passes TFGM had the data so used the right buses for the data. Or past tenders had bigger buses then the spec on them routes, but does make you think if they are now finding routes overloaded and in past tendered maybe there was never a need to be tendered.

Yeah, especially with the flat single fare and drivers for some operators just putting everyone as going to the next stop when issuing a ticket, it must have looked extraordinarily popular to travel just 1 stop.