First Manchester

[SandyDrew]

RE: First Manchester

(01/09/2015 20:51)Dentonian Wrote:  Were Ribble owned by Stagecoach then - and certainly nothing to do with Stagecoach Manchester. Even their first incarnation wasn't until the early 1990s when they joined with Finglands to compete with GMBS on the 192.

Besides, before de-reg, the vast majority of Routes in GM were operated with 'deckers - certainly major trunk routes such as 582. Single-deckers were largely the preserve of low usage local routes or routes with low bridges.

The first Stagecoach Manchester incarnation was a trading style of Ribble, before being sold to Finglands so that Stagecoach (group) could buy GM South (sorry if you already knew that).