First Manchester

[Michael]

RE: First Manchester

(07/07/2022 04:00)Mrboo Wrote:  Am sure 81 is going to Stagecoach as run very close to their middtion depot so could be good for their driver changeovers to interwork 81 with oldham and city centre services. But what space do they have for more buses? I pointed out few years ago a Stagecoach depot at Hollingwood would work for them. But it now all going to be case of wait and see who gets what routes on tender in few years time to see if depots get moved.

Individual routes are not going out to tender as part of franchising....its the entire depots....Middleton is one the depots being compulsory purchased by tfgm....so I can't see it been moved....tfgm will decide which routes are operated out of each depot...people think it is going to be like London francising...its not