Stagecoach Manchester

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RE: Stagecoach Manchester

(08/11/2014 15:27)joe_alker Wrote:  Well, no it isn't. The hybrid Solos/Versas are TfGM-owned. The E400Hs are Stagecoach-owned and used on Stagecoach commercial services.

Stagecoach recieved fundin from the DfT's green bus scheme to purchase Hybrid vehicles, but when Stagecoach applied for the funding they had to specify a certain service that they wished to turn 'green' and with the support of TFGM they won the funding.
The point I was making is that just like TFGM specify what services their hybrids are used on. Stagecoach did commit when applying for the funding that the Hybrids would be used on the 219. Now obviously if a certain amount of Hybrids are off the road then regular Enviro400's would have to be used but it makes a mockery of the green bus grants when Stagecoach are flooding the 219 with standard diesel Enviro400's and using the hybrids elsewhere.

It's also worth mentioning that the hybrids have free wifi as does Metrolink I believe so some might argue that perhaps stagecoach are trying to compete with Metrolink on the 216.