First Manchester

[Mayneway]

RE: First Manchester

(13/03/2014 15:54)YSV-205 Wrote:  You could have hit the nail on the head there Polo Mint. The low frequency could be to blame. Perhaps they need time to be more recognizable in South Manchester. The way to do that is to flood Wilmslow Rd & beyond with First buses.

As a side note to this, do bus companies have to prove that extra buses are needed on certain routes to be allowed to put extra buses on a given route? Or is it up to the company to decide what they want to do?

Its up to the bus companies to decide on frequency's and how many buses run on which routes but after the UK North/Stagecoach bus war in 2005 Manchester City Council have strict road traffic regulations which effect how many buses can use certain bus stops within the city centre, TFGM also control which services use which stops in Piccadilly gardens and Shudehill so permission would need to be sort before increasing the frequency.