GM Buses North

[Polo Mint]

RE: GM Buses North
Didn't GM North also have depots in Rochdale, Wigan, Dukinfield (or nearby maybe Hyde) and the Leigh area?

Did GMBN ever have routes operated by multiple depots? If so it explains the mish mash of different vehicles on different routes.

I keep thinking of what GM buses would be like if they would never have been sold. To be honest though it was silly how they got split then sold, splitting north and south did nothing for competition. First monopolised in the north and Stagecoach in the south while Tameside only has competition which is really not that intense anyway. Market share may have been diluted, but then with smaller operating areas it would make both companies take more serious and less complacent action against new rivals. The authorities probably would have been better off selling Oldham to First then Rochdale to Stagecoach, then Bury to First then Bolton to Stagecoach and so on, as well as allocating some trunk routes (192, 135) to both north and south