First Manchester

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RE: First Manchester

(05/01/2019 21:06)Metroline1511 Wrote:  I had wondered whether First would eventually drop route 41 and let Stagecoach adopt it if interested. Now that it is being extended to NMGH / Middleton this seems less likely.

I’d hoped the same. The sale - northenden section picks up a fair few passengers, but very few travel entirely on the fridays-Manchester section, the route would be far more viable as an extended stagecoach 143/147.

The problem was when stagecoach competed the other year extending the 143, the reliability was abysmal, with journeys regularly failing or terminating short. First have made efforts on the 41 but it’s hampered by the annoying 10/20/10/20 frequency outbound which usually yields two buses in five minutes then a 25-30 minute wait.