Howards/Springfield

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RE: Howards/Springfield

(05/11/2016 13:23)mikestone Wrote:  That may well be so but TSS ought to be aware that they operate their services as Howard's - the 39 in Crewe isn't shown as operated by Meakins, nor I am sure the Stagecoach service from Wilmslow as "Greater Manchester Buses South".

The 378 was registered by Greater Manchester Buses South Ltd t/a Stagecoach Manchester which is how it's displayed on the little legal notice on all their buses. The t/a bit means they can trade as Stagecoach Manchester opposed to Greater Manchester Buses South.

The 27, 200 and 289 are registered to The Springfield Bus & Coach Co t/a Springfield Bus & Coach, so the bus stop timetables and Traveline are both correct and the little leaflets are wrong. I think the 48 is the only public service they run on a Howards licence rather than a Springfield one.

I'm not sure what you mean about branded as Howards (they don't actually use an apostrophe), the two leased Enviros have no branding except a window sticker saying Howards while their other buses contain branding for both companies. I accept that it's usually one of the leased Enviros which run the 200 route.