First Manchester

[Mayneway]

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.

This is kind of what I was getting at. If you look back maybe 5/6 years there was a huge divide between Stagecoach and First in Manchester. First were always more expensive, I think at the time there was a £5 difference between weekly tickets yet the investment at first is very patchy.