First Manchester

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RE: First Manchester

(16/04/2014 12:18)Polo Mint Wrote:  I reckon they may regret selling Wigan, weren't the profit margins around 8-10% or something? Compared to heavily less making Finglands.

I am glad to see all the investment at the Finglands base though, it is a risk but if they can make it work then they will have some solid trunk routes.I thought they would get pass downs from other depots, but the new Streetlites are impressive.

I think they wanted to silence thier critics, there was lots of talk when the takeover was first announced of it being a low cost operating unit and it becoming a dumping ground for the other depots rejects but clearly this hasn't been the case.

I think they simply ran out of ideas at Wigan and they saw it as dead wood that would have cost too much to bring up to a decent standard, although Stagecoach seem to have done ok without a full fleet of brand new vehicles.