Stagecoach Manchester

[P528LND]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester

(17/07/2012 08:55)SF07 Wrote:  

(17/07/2012 04:26)P528LND Wrote:  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?

That was my thought too, particularly as the new 50 is scheduled to run into Salford Crescent station, like the 9 does. Although, the 9 will offer cheap fares for travel between Salford Crescent and MediaCityUK (£1 single, £1.60 day ticket, £6 weekly or free for staff/students at Salford University). One positive of the 50 extension would be Enviro400 double deckers rather than the Optare minibus hybrids.

http://www.tfgm.com/salfordquayslink/

I imagine that TfGM would subsidise the same rules on the 50 if this does mean the end of the 9. However one thing that cancels out the end of the 9 is the two hybrids, but then again it's easy to paint them in the Green Hybrid livery and send them elsewhere for work on a PVR - 2 route.