First Manchester

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RE: First Manchester

(11/05/2017 23:05)Mayneway Wrote:  infact the driver himself admitted he was having a mere of a day as everyone was getting on and throwing pounds at him and he was having to call them back and explain about the hush hush increase.

Just goes to show how much money both firms have lost during this friendly bus war at the expense of passangers outside the city centre. I wonder if stagecoach increased there fares to £2 next week First would quickly follow suit.

The same was happening to Stagecoach drivers despite a windscreen sticker, a massive "£1.50" on the front and about a months notice on A5 leaflets. Some people are just oblivious, I live on the Wilmslow Rd corridor currently and you get the same problem of everyone assuming every single stagecoach bus is £1.50

I'd completely agree on that. Personally I believe stagecoach are aware that First do not want to copy their fare patterns. Let's not forget when the 'cross connect' services started, First actually advertised their fare with a 'until xxth January 2015" and later explained they were 'continuing' the fare via A3 posters and A5 leaflets, as if it was somewhat beneficial to passengers, and not due to the fact passengers would just use Magicbus services. Worst piece of transport marketing/PR I've seen for a long time, very poorly executed.