First Manchester

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RE: First Manchester

(04/05/2014 13:37)joe_alker Wrote:  It's a low-floor bus in decent nick. Just because it's older than me doesn't mean that it is a wreck. Personally I believe that condition of the vehicle is far more important than age. Would you rather they had a tidy 17-year old Dart SLF or a wreck of a 5-year old Enviro300 (think a JPT bus)?

I agree with you to a point and to he honest most general passengers don't care one bit how old or young the bus their travelling on is, the problem is when an operator agrees to operate a subsidised service there are terms that they agree too, one is that the vehicle used is under a certain date and is low floor etc. Using a bus older than agreed is a breach of contract. Now it's slightly more tolerable from smaller operators as it might be that the regular vehicle is off the road so it's obviously better to use A vehicle than for the service not to operate but an operator the size of First, with a huge pool of younger vehicles available?? It's inexcusable.