JPT Bus Company

[Owl]

RE: JPT Bus Company

(09/04/2014 13:26)Polo Mint Wrote:  What went wrong?

The constant competition on route 17 surely must have hit them very hard, also route 112 vs Bluebird/Stagecoach as well. To fund loss making routes did they then sell their decent vehicles? I have noticed their fleet has got progressively worse over the past couple of years.

It's poetic justice in one sense, as they started the strong arm tactics with Bluebird on the 77, then had several nibbles at First on the 17, before returning to Bluebird on the 112. Their business model has changed from one of having a reasonably up to date fleet and providing a good service, to one that is starting to look like the one that UK Buses North used, where they flood routes with old buses, and try to price their competition out. We all know where that ended up, and we don't want to see it repeated on the streets of North Manchester.