Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

[gemini6491]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester

(29/11/2012 22:03)gilesbus1 Wrote:  The vehicle situation has changed so I understand at least some of the cascaded Scottish Dart SLF's are not now coming to Wigan are instead going to Birkenhead and Chester, some more MAN's have been sourced from Manchester's own reserves and will go to Wigan, and further new vehicles are expected later in addition to the 14 already expected.

In regards to deckers that is an open question, what now seems possible is that a batch of Enviro400's as expected will cascade to Hull and possibly in return there batch of Plaxton President Tridents may go to Wigan, they where originally new to Manchester in anycase so the layout is right for TfGM contracts.

It is unlikely there will be any need for any further deckers as the openning of the Leigh Guided Busway in 2014 will mean all of the GEmini's become redundant then as its to be operated entirely by saloons and after that date Wigan will only have a need in terms of deckers for older ones for school work.

That's your opinion for now, but who's to say stagecoach's lower prices and better running than first as well as new vehicles won't get people back on the buses in Wigan? I could see deckers working for the 600/540 routes if they get any busier than they currently are. No point speculating for now, time will tell and deckers will still be needed to operate the 32/33/x34 for the next few years. Also on the website with links posted previously by SF07, they state there will be 30 new buses and 30 cascaded buses initially.