Club Class Travel (I'm a Little Gem)

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RE: Club Class Travel (I'm a Little Gem)

(12/07/2013 14:04)Polo Mint Wrote:  Thanks for the explanation, the circular at both ends of the route threw me.

Wouldn't the service be better off stopping at Piccadilly Gardens/Stevenson SQ/Albert AQ, which passengers may find more convenient than Shudehill due to a more central location, or do companies also have to pay for stands there?

This was discussed at length on another forum a while ago.
I think operators are charged the minimal amount of about 57p each time a registered service used a TFGM bus station, I think coaches may pay more!
Operators also make contributions for the providing of rest rooms/toliets for drivers within bus stations as well.

Piccadilly gardens is a little more complicated. Its not a bus station or an interchange so operators don't pay charges here but after the UK North 192 fiasco a few years ago Manchester City Council brought in a number of regulations which limited how long a bus could stay at a stop in the city centre and how many buses an hour can load/depart from these stops which makes registering a new service from Piccadilly gardens almost impossible.