First Manchester

[james]

RE: First Manchester

(20/02/2020 07:05)M60lad Wrote:  This sort of contradicts what I was told yesterday in that the only route Oldham have got from MCT is 408 Shaw-Oldham service and allegedly they are not interested in taking anymore minibus work on.

If indeed it is true that Oldham are taking on some of the Ashton tenders then time will tell what vehicles they will use on the routes as Oldham haven't got any small buses now and only have Enviro300s/B7s and Gemini/Enviro400s in the fleet which are too big for 335/345 Denton Circulars that MCT currently operate.

there is only one way to know. and that is to wait and see what the tender award docket says.
first gave up tameside work for a reason and that was to minimise overheads. septembers changes first said they didnt want ashton routes which is why they gave up all except 350 409 which could change driver at oldham and 348.
348 is an interesting route atm as is a lot of taxi mileage for staff changeover. originally it was planned to interwork on the roster with 350s but the roster was never agreed. due to reliability issues.

i can still see om planning to get rid of 348 to stagecoach. as this is one of a few routes that dont serve oldham t.c (others being 181/2 changeover at chadderton and the 6 rochdale changeover).
but wait and see in regards to the mct tender reawards.