Stagecoach Manchester

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RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(25/11/2015 13:28)james Wrote:  at a guess 20982 was used because the bus is already on the m60 coming back from bluecoats and could well have been quicker getting to the breakdown than waiting for another driver to take a bus from the depot. tfgm will allow non contracted vehicles on routes if service has brokendown but needs to be replaced asap so 982 could do x5 to traff ctr then back to sk then swap for a normal bus at stockport rather than drop the circuit

For all its faults, at least Stagecoach, unlike Arriva, have the means (two-way radio equipment) to convey such information to its drivers. Radios were fitted to Stagecoach GM's allocation last year and they are used to good effect. If an Arriva vehicle suffers a breakdown a replacement can take hours to organise.