Greater Manchester Tenders

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RE: Greater Manchester Tenders

(20/02/2016 15:08)Dentonian Wrote:  This is something I raised more than once in GMPTE days, with the now retired Senior Service Planning Officer. She insisted that the subject had been raised with the Legal department, who contacted the OFT, and the answer was No; TFGM could not impose any acceptance of other Ops tickets on tendered journeys. And whilst there were suggestions of a slight lee-way given to Operators already running Daytime equivalents in the past (Stagecoach in Stockport was the context), specifically to keep fares down (and therefore loadings up) for regular passengers, that has also been discontinued. Certainly, nothing like the scenario of Arriva in Yorkshire Mayneway mentions below, would be allowed. Unless the tender bid was only slightly higher than the lowest by another Operator.

Of course, the more general point about "is that actually the case" is always going to be questioned when not only the Law is iniquitous (ie. its illegal to park on pavements and block driveways in London, but perfectly legal elsewhere), but also its enforcement (eg. privatisation of GM Buses v Travel West Midlands, right down to where parking wardens patrol, and which violations they punish, and which they literally walk right past).

I know of quite a number of local authorities that stipulate, within the tender spec of eve/Sun/single jny contracts, that returns/season tickets of the operator of the main daytime service must be accepted. So not sure why it would be illegal for TFGM to similarly do so? Sounds like a convenient excuse to me!