Stagecoach Manchester

[Polo Mint]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester
Very interesting. I didn't expect a response by launching a route in that part of the network, I thought they might increase the frequency of the X41/42 or perhaps from Middleton to Piccadilly shadowing the 17/18/163

What is the frequency of this service? and I assume it is regular Stagecoach and not Magicbus? I also wonder about the depot it will operated by, I assume Hyde Road, or maybe Wigan?

I wonder if this would provoke a counter response? Hopefully they keep responding to each other so every major route corridor in Manchester has competition. Very wishful thinking for me here, but it would be nice to have true competition on bus corridors where there is no competition.