First Manchester

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RE: First Manchester

(20/09/2016 21:07)Dentonian Wrote:  I'm sure that drivers and customers in Bury wouldn't agree. Their newest bus is 7.5 years old. Not very good for a pretty sizeable town with many routes getting a hammering day in day out. First Manchester also have 35+ buses too old for TFGM tenders still in service, whilst Stagecoach Manchester (now a bigger company) have just three. First's other problem is the stop-start nature of investment, as they often go 18 months to two years without anything new, when normal life cycles suggest they shoul be getting about 50 new buses a year.

In a way,Manchester having a stop gap could be seen as a good thing for certain areas. I`m sure people from the Likes of Cornwall or Livingston are quite glad they are receiving new buses (in this case both gaining E400MMCs) instead of them getting Cast offs from the Likes of Manchester Or Yorkshire After they got most of the new vehicles (Plus London before the operations got sold off)

Another thing is Profit,I Dont know how much Profit Manchester generates but after giving all the shareholders and whoever else their piece of the profits,would there be enough to cover 50 new buses every year?