First Manchester

[gilesbus1]

RE: First Manchester

(16/04/2019 19:29)Brickmill Wrote:  Presumably, these are loans over the Easter holidays. I don't suppose you have details of the exact vehicles transferring to GA although it looks like the remaining B7RLES at Oldham will be amongst them.

I've not a full list, though I would think that whatever was based there when they made the offer will be what moves over, at Wigan when that was owned only three were pulled out of sale, one of which was an accident victim from First to Stagecoach and one was moved over to substitute for the accident victim, so suspect similar, anything moved in since sale will probably get moved out along with any depot loans. Though accept its likely that the remaining Volvo B7RLE's at Oldham plus some B9TL's at Bolton may transfer over as well as nothing has substituted yet for large amounts of the vehicles, transferred out from Rusholme when in closed to Bolton and Oldham.

It may be with these moves that some buses at Queens are not up to the standard Go Ahead want them in and they have told them to rectify defects on various vehicles before take-over at First's expense, e.g long term body damage or defects in the cab area's.