First Manchester

[gilesbus1]

RE: First Manchester

(18/02/2019 17:39)acocker96 Wrote:  Have First just given up on trying to make their vehicles look presentable now? I’m currently on the 17:20 180 on an Enviro300 and the inside of the bus smells like a combination of burnt wax and musk and it’s giving me a migraine.

The bus is disgusting inside, it’s like they’re trying to compete with MCT to see who can put out the scruffiest looking buses.

I have said that all along, when I asked several years ago about this I was told all cleaning at First had been subcontracted out, I've asked since about this and been told they only mop out on alternate days, hence dirt accumulates inside.

Presumably sub-contracting and reduction in the work being done by cleaners is a result of mismanagement and cost cutting, also presume too few cleaners hired to do a proper job before buses are needed in service again in the morning.

As I understand its not just the situation here as in Bristol a few weeks ago and it made the news there, a double-deck Gemini was left with a pool of water upstairs behind some seating, this subsequently ran down stairs and splashed a number of passengers in dirty water.

Some buses are now so bad really what is needed is a total internal refurbishment, Enviro400's seem particularly badly effected as the internal colour is too light. You not only see grime on the floor but also in crevice area's around the front windscreens, both lower and upper-deck.

Really what is needed is to look at the cleaning again, if you present something that looks like a dust cart why should people want to ride on it or continue to ride on it.

As I said above assume its all to do with cost cutting, in hiring cleaners, having a reduced number of reserve vehicles and so on.