Diamond Bus North West

[Mrboo]

RE: Diamond Bus North West

(25/04/2021 09:05)Metroline1511 Wrote:  I know this is an old post but I wonder whether this Cornwall example could be replicated in Greater Manchester. So, we could have Rotala the successful bidder for Wigan & Bolton who subcontract some work to Stagecoach and maybe Wigan. Then Manchester North & Rochdale won by Go-Ahead with some work subcontracted to First and Stagecoach. Then Manchester South region could be won by Stagecoach with some work subcontracted to Arriva and Go Goodwins. This would provide stability for several of the main operators in the region.

Disclaimer: These might not be the right names for the 3 franchised regions but you get my drift.

First also did Same in Bristol with one of the metrobus routes going to Bristol community transport as it was Subcontracted by First. But in Cornwall Go Ahead would have needed to find lots of drivers and some of the smaller towns would have needed small buses so it worked better to just work with others who was local or there would of been lots of dead mileage.

It unknown yet what the plan is how they plan to break it all up. Be it by group of routes or by old depot or route by route. only info I seen is a map area of Bolton / Wigan / Salford and free city buses going first. So First / GNW / Stagecoach / Arriva / DNW / Vision / Goodwin's have routes at risk.