Stagecoach Manchester

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RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(10/12/2016 16:23)Dentonian Wrote:  Actually, your "rant" covers the situation reasonably well, although I have no sympathy for the 38 as it was only introduced to fight a bus war with First, effectively at the expense of loyal passengers on Reddish Road and numerous other low car ownership corridors.

As you have inferred (sorry, Mayneway, you're "everything is TFGM's fault" is wide of the mark again), Portland Street is purely a Manchester City Council initiative. Yes, Oxford Road is largely a TFGM initiative, alongside LGB and Rochdale Road, but I can tell you from a recent meeting that I attended, that there is a lot of anger amongst front line TFGM staff at MCC's consistent refusal to enforce ANY of their own rules on either Portland Street or Oxford Road. Indeed, based on my last couple of journeys along Portland Street, there are MORE non-pcvs between Aytoun Street and Princess Street than ever.
Not quite sure how this will have a negative impact on trams though, and maybe that's where we (and certainly, wirralbus) should be looking for ulterior motives.

Incidentally, and noting you specifically mentioned MRI, when you say three knock downs in a week, what sort of "vehicles" were involved?

Refering to the Knock downs. I believe 2 was people walking out between buses and being hit by a Bus one first and one Stagecoach. the 3rd Im not sure at All about who or what it was.


Regarding the work with TFGM that clears a lot of it up and shows some light on the matter However as you have said the lack on enforcement on the areas i a big issues. There is a lot more taxis now in the area. making it harder.

Another issue was that at Portland st Bus station. Them yellow boxes once the buses start to que to come into the station you are Unable to see when you are coming out of the Garden's so we do admittedly block it.

Taxis cause some of the issues. trapping us on the boxes which we can't plan for.

The trams become blocked when the Yellow boxes become blocked which can happen. Then the trams can't move etc.

also the 38 service I do agree going to the MRI is a pointless part of the service. I have not been with stagecoach to long and there been that many route changes but these are out up at farnworth due to other reason they have now thou given us 15 mins ish at the logistics north to improve the service. The 50 service they given us more time a East disbury where they is no room to wait in the bus station there so they created another problem and far as even I can tell they not really fixed the issue.

On a whole its all just one bus P**s take.