Operator Competition in the North West

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RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral

(25/05/2014 19:43)Dentonian Wrote:  Bearing in mind your second para, maybe Stagecoach could see that UK North were damaging the reputation of the whole bus industry locally, rather than just posing a short term threat to their operational profits.

Hmm I think Stagecoach got worried when UK North had thier VA reduced then went and set up a sister company and effectively doubled thier VA so in a lot of people's eyes - even Stagecoach's, they were unstoppable and posed a real threat hence why a full on war took place.
Just to add. The comments from the MD of EYMS about damage caused to Finglands by UK North in my opinion are rubbish. Lets not forget UK North had been around since the late 90's and were no flash in the pan (so to speak lol), and in the early days it was Finglands and Bullocks that were offering cheap day and week tickets and flat student fares, and didn't Finglands take on Stagecoach and GMS on the 192 years ago offering cheap fares?