Manchester bus franchising

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RE: Manchester bus franchising

(20/02/2023 11:43)Mrboo Wrote:  Hang on so DNW has been given more money. So they found the drivers mmmmm. they should have been a thing they would be banned from tenders if they drop services before handover.

DBNW are at liberty to do exactly what they want with a commercial service. It's a business driven decision. That should have been a foreseen consequence by TfGM, it wasn't (and it won't be the last time either, as franchising progresses). So that's £2.5m added to the bill, so far.
You can't ban somebody from submitting a legal and compliant bid, because it upsets a poorly thought
out politically motivated scheme.
It will be interesting to see if, when franchising begins, whether frequencies will be restored to their previous levels, or if TfGM just carries on, and makes a saving it wasn't expecting, if the hope by that time the average punter will have forgotten what they were pre April..