JPT Bus Company

[Mayneway]

RE: JPT Bus Company

(02/05/2014 09:24)126th street Wrote:  Stagecoach haven't 'put anybody out of business' in Manchester, as you say. It seems that unfortunately their actions in Darlington 20 years ago are still used as a stick to beat them with by some.

UK North put themselves out of business, make no mistake about that, and the streets were a lot safer for their passing. The fact that at least one of UKN's directors spent time at Her Majesty's Pleasure after the whole thing fell apart should be an indicator as to how serious matters were there.

As for Dennis's, what did they expect? There seems to be an undercurrent of entitlement among a few smaller operators that it's perfectly OK for them to set up and try to 'cream off' the larger operators' services, but then when Stagecoach or whoever bite back with some force the victim card comes out. They need to play the game and accept that some they win, some they lose.

I agree entirely although what I will say is that Dennis's were around long before Stagecoach, as soon as Dennis's started using full size buses and increasing thier frequency on a shared service, out came the blue army of Magic Buses to put them in thier place. Say what you want about stagecoach but the Magic buses soon disappeared once they had 'acquired' Dennis's.

And did Stagecoach play fair in Preston a few years back??