Stagecoach Manchester

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RE: Stagecoach Manchester

(16/07/2012 21:50)ace Wrote:  

(16/07/2012 20:17)SF07 Wrote:  

(16/07/2012 19:57)StageStig Wrote:  Memo from Md cut short

Economic uncertainty, new customers etc etc

Service 50:- east dids, burnage, Manchester, Salford, media city
The route is extended from Manchester via Salford crescent and Pendleton prescint to media city uk and Salford quays with journeys operating across the city and new links created between media city and Manchester and between Salford, the university and south Manchester
Cross city journeys will operate every 10 mins
Additional peak period journeys will continue to operate between east dids and Manchester and some extended from Albert square to Salford central station at gore street where a new terminal has been created


Service 76:
Building on success frequency upgraded to every 10 mins Monday to Saturday with evening journeys also being enhanced

Exciting times indeed people

76 is one of my local routes, so that is good news for me. Even though the route is longer, it might give First a run for their money on the 180/184 route.

Also, Stagecoach running through Salford will certainly be weird at first, but good to see Stagecoach branching out. Maybe we'll finally see First and Stagecoach taking each other on at long last. Well, hopefully

And after the Olympics Stagecoach will be putting 10 brand new buses on the route. Now let's see First follow suit on that one!

Ahem, erm, Oldham depot are to recieve 50 new deckers after the Olympics, and I think most are earmarked for the 83/180/184...

As for this Route 50 - Will this be the end of the Route 9? Last I heard it was a TfGM tender, however if the route is followed identically by a commercial operation, there will be no need for it will there?