Stagecoach Manchester

[Mayneway]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester

(10/12/2014 19:58)Dentonian Wrote:  You're forgetting the ban on cross-city bus services introduced by the city council in 1995. This was only relaxed when the 18 was introduced to give specific access for north Mancunians to MRI. Further relaxation only came after First's aquisition of Finglands went through, and given some of the comments made by local politicians, I suspect there were some "behind the scenes" agreements made before the Council agreed to that. The Jpt deal was approved way after this "bus war" started, so that is largely irrelevant. Over and above that - as I have regularly stated - there is finite capacity through the city centre, so the Council could very easily re-introduce the TRO once they feel capacity has been reached. Perhaps Stagecoach would have been better extending the 112 INSTEAD of introducing the 38.

You make a good point regarding the 112 and I think a lot of people are shocked Stagecoach haven't done more with it, the question is did Stagecoach really spot a gap in the market with the 38 or was and is it simply a pop at First?