First Manchester

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RE: First Manchester

(25/07/2015 16:30)Dentonian Wrote:  Surely, you aren't suggesting that "evil" First are cross subsidising 41/42 with revenue from captive market areas, any more than Stagecoach are cross subsidising the 38 & 50 from revenue on Hyde Road corridor and elsewhere!
As for passengers on the 81 (and 88), I suspect they would be glad if the services ever went more than eight weeks without a timetable change! And I mean *ever*.

I'm sure it was only a couple of weeks ago when discussing Fairbrothers pound to town services that your very self rightly pointed out that it was impossible to sustain a service where the fare was just £1 so yes I am implying that me and many other fare paying passengers are propping up the 'Wilmslow Road bus war'.

I may sound like a broken record but Diesel is STILL falling in price and is now cheaper than petrol both wholesale and at the pump. I know larger operaters speculate when buying fuel but given that the wholesale price of diesel has been slowly falling over the past 14 months I'm certain both Stagecoach and First are feeling the effects of it yet are very selective about who gets special deals and where. It would be great to see some kind of special offer accross the network - stagecoach did it a couple of years ago offering online weekly and monthly tickets slightly cheaper!