Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

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RE: Stagecoach Manchester
A few changes listed in the documents for Friday's TfGM's Bus Committee meeting involving Stagecoach services, which are former Bluebird, First Wigan or Maytree services.

With ex-Bluebird, the 72 will be withdrawn (Cancellation already on VOSA), while the 77 will be reduced to half-hourly and extended to Chadderton Precinct via New Moston, Broadway and Middleton Road. The evening service will terminate at New Moston instead of Moston Gardeners Arms. The 152 is being proposed to be extended from Chadderton to Firwood Park to restore the link between the two previously provided by First's 419 service, which was cut in October 2011.

Three of the services that Stagecoach stepped in to replace Maytree on emergency tenders will be lost to other operators. The 597 will be operated by SLT, while the 553/559 services will be taken over by Cumfybus.

Meanwhile, in Wigan, some of the Wigan nightbus services will be axed at the end of July, but some will continue. Services 628, 629 and 631 will be withdrawn, while 598, 600, 632, 635 and 695 will continue.

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