First Manchester

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RE: First Manchester

(09/03/2021 23:42)Mrboo Wrote:  Well they could of offered relocation help or make their role redundant like what Arriva did when they moved the rail replacement unit from Cardiff to Manchester and now Derby. As the Depot was sold.
Think someone came up with the outstation offer at Arriva for Vantage that worked out cheaper then reopening Rushoime. Oldham Mumps does lots of MOT work for First as they have lots of pits and Bodyshop so Oldham does have a 2nd use for First and they can hide buses there at the back wall. I have seen buses after crashes there as they are hidden from view.

They were forced to look for space in Bolton. The plan was to sell all 3 depots and re open Rusholme to run the vantage, various tenders and schools they wanted to retain and also move the driving training school, the union scuppered the plans with the vantage drivers not wanting to work out of Rusholme because most lived in the vicinity of Western street.
As I understand the space they use at Arriva is and always has been temporary, wouldn’t call it an outstation.