First Group Speculation

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RE: First Group Speculation

(31/10/2012 12:20)St Helens Rider Wrote:  Confirmation that Stagecoach have bought the First Manchester business in Wigan for £12 million:

http://focustransport2011.blogspot.co.uk...-from.html

Interestingly coming under the Stagecoach Manchester banner, not Merseyside & South Lancashire. Seems a bit out on a limb for Manchester.

This is now confirmed on Stagecoach's own website here http://www.stagecoach.com/media/news-rel...0-31c.aspx

I wonder whether Stagecoach Manchester Megariders will be valid on these routes? I wonder whether there will be any reshuffle of routes between Wigan and other garages prior to the sell-off?

I went to Fareham on Thursday and rode an Eclipse-branded Volvo B7BLE on the E1/E2 guided busway. Most vehicles in the area were M-T reg including some non-SLF Pointers. I wonder whether this operation could be divested within the next year or so?