Stagecoach MCSL - Chester & Wirral Depots

[P450 SWX]

RE: First Chester & Wirral
Just found this on Liverpool Post website

http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ldpb...-32215889/

[SNL 824]

RE: First Chester & Wirral
in theory this is a great opportunity for growth. Inevitably though there will be some rationalisation. My hopes are with the employees that things will turn out well. Also let's hope that this sale generates some real innovation and competition with Arriva, rather than a predictable squeeze on local independents.

[MTL0201]

RE: First Chester & Wirral

(12/11/2012 22:37)SNL 824 Wrote:  in theory this is a great opportunity for growth. Inevitably though there will be some rationalisation. My hopes are with the employees that things will turn out well. Also let's hope that this sale generates some real innovation and competition with Arriva, rather than a predictable squeeze on local independents.

It will be interesting to see, especially any route rationalisations as Birkenhead don't have that many routes, prob apart from the 38 that they can rationalise.

[CX54 DKD (Moderator)]

RE: First Chester & Wirral
Evening all,

I've merged the two threads relating to operations at Rock Ferry together for now. I see little point in creating a secondary thread when there's still loads of useful information contained in here!

What we'll do instead is rename this thread once Stagecoach actually takeover, until then, we'll just keep it as it is ;-)

Some posts of a more speculative nature have been moved down to the relevant speculation thread in off-topic if anyone thinks their post has gone walkabouts. As ever, any problems then just drop me a pm!

Cheers,

[MTL0201]

RE: Stagecoach Merseyside - Birkenhead, Chester & Wrexham

(12/11/2012 17:18)Raawwwrrr! Wrote:  When they bought GTL they shut a depot, cancelled several money making routes, standardised on single deck, shortened routes like the 20 and 217 an axed a few staff, after the period of not changing the operations had finished.

If the routes were making money Stagecoach wouldn't have cancelled them[think the only ont that did make money Stagecoach withdrew from was the 79], the staff that were axed, some[NOT ALL ] were pinching money from the tills so to speak. GTL is in better hands in Stagecoach ownership than it ever was with the clowns that previously owned GLT. Plus Stagecoach brought in single deckers as most the GTL fleet when Stagecoach took over from GTL was over 20 years old, & i'm not a Stagecoach fanboy btw.

[SNL 824]

RE: First Chester & Wirral

(12/11/2012 22:54)MTL0201 Wrote:  

(12/11/2012 22:37)SNL 824 Wrote:  in theory this is a great opportunity for growth. Inevitably though there will be some rationalisation. My hopes are with the employees that things will turn out well. Also let's hope that this sale generates some real innovation and competition with Arriva, rather than a predictable squeeze on local independents.

It will be interesting to see, especially any route rationalisations as Birkenhead don't have that many routes, prob apart from the 38 that they can rationalise.

I would expect a rationalisation of owned premises being replaced by out of town leased sites. Also I suspect something more productive can be done with the Woodchurch and Mill Park Corridors

[james solomon]

RE: First Chester & Wirral
What vehicles have survived the sale I know from flickr 40181 and 40013 have survived the sale from Chester

[SNL 824]

RE: First Chester & Wirral
As of today everything, but I wouldn't be surprised to see movement as soon as the deal completes, maybe as soon as a few weeks.

[P450 SWX]

RE: First Chester & Wirral
Solo T168 BBF and V42 DTE from Chester have moved to Oldham wonder whats replaced them.

info about the 2 Solos from Yahoo

[Harryn9000]

RE: First Chester & Wirral
probabley solos from Gilmoss will replace them