First Manchester

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RE: First Manchester

(05/04/2013 05:38)Nicholas Wrote:  They are still available until 30 April, as mentioned on the fares revision page on their site.

Ahh, didn't see that when that was first posted, must have been added later. The weekly ticket will seem a bit redundant though, seeing as the price of the Oldham/M60 weekly tickets will be the same as the full network FirstWeek ticket from Monday.

(05/04/2013 09:27)bolton bus basher Wrote:  first have used their twitter to tell maytree drivers to contact them if they want work, i think first might have got hold of some tenders with them doing routes like the 561/562 daytime service, one thing tho is the 512/513 service they threw it in last time as they was not happy with the route so i do wonder if they will try to get it again

561/562 daytime service is already operated by First. The evening service was operated by Maytree. You would imagine that First will step in with some of the evening services of their daytime services, such as the 507, 561/562 and 571/572. The Monday-Saturday evening 510, 519 and 575 services could be First or Arriva, seeing as both run some of the journeys.

If First have won services such as the 525-7 or 570, then it would make sense to employ the ex-Maytree drivers to run those services, as they'll be familiar with the route.