Manchester bus franchising

[Winston]

RE: Manchester bus franchising

(28/01/2023 11:32)Mayneway Wrote:  The rules haven’t charged yet. They change in one area in September. It’s no secret that several operators are unhappy with who’s won what, and the withdrawal of one of their busiest most profitable services 8 months before they are forced to hand everything over to another operator it is seen as a way of running things down while TFGM can only look on.
I’m no cynic but as a time served driver in Manchester with years of watching TFGM miserably fail at things the whole network in their hands will be a disaster. They have spent years running down the bus network with a fixation on the tram network. Sadly there will be two big losers in all this, the regular bus user and us council tax payers who will all be forced to stump up more money to keep it going.

The 163 is currently profitable, its certainly not Diamond's most profitable route. But come April when a number of services are due to be withdrawn, wages will be increasing 10%+

You may find that not all the services threatened with withdrawal in April will actually happen, you could well find that TfGM & Diamond can come to an agreement to reduce the numbers of withdrawals & reductions.