TfGM Bus franchising

[mancbus]

The 347 has been a tameside route for over 40yrs, only moved to Hyde Rd after tameside depot on whitelands rd closed in November 1991 and moved back to tameside when stagecoach opened a depot up the road from the old depot on Clarence Street in 2010 after they closed glossop depot.

Same with 42 and 50. The 42 was run by Sharston and the 50 was run by Hyde road until 2017 when they swapped them around. This was probably due to the removal the 84.

 

[GusB]

After nearly five years since this thread was started, it's time to bring it to a close.

Initially, the discussion was focused around the original proposals to introduce a franchised system in Manchester. This has now happened, although the actual details of which operator runs which services are still to be finalised.

This thread, unfortunately, has become a bit of a catch-all for anything relating to "Manchester" and "buses" and it has become rather too broad in scope.

There are several ongoing threads. For details of Bee Network fleet movements, repaints, etc., please use this one:

TfGM Bee Network - fleet updates (repaints etc.)

For those who maybe interested, 40764 is the latest repaint into Bee Network yellow at BN depot, with 40796 the next one in. Repaints are also starting at outside contractors from this week too.

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If you wish to speculate about which operator(s) will benefit from the next round of franchising, you're welcome to add your comments here:

TfGM Tranche 3 speculation

Hoping this is okay to be posted here, the speculative folder looks to be all rail orientated. Given there's so much chatter and no one really knows what's going to happen until March, I thought it might be fun (and abit healthier) to have some speculation over who will win what in the last...

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Concerning football - here's the thread that discusses the recent proposals for the Man City network:

Manchester City and TfGM to introduce trial services to Etihad Stadium

There is a new network of dedicated buses to the Etihad stadium from across Greater Manchester (and a bit beyond) on matchdays. This is a trial until the end of the season. The obvious joke here is that a similar network would be pointless for Old Trafford as those fans don't live locally! (I...

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And another thread discussing the more historic services:

Historic football bus services in Manchester

Mod note: split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/manchester-city-and-tfgm-to-introduce-trial-services-to-etihad-stadium.262499/ Those with long memories will know that this is not a completely new idea. Prior to Deregulation GMT used to operate various football buses for both clubs'...

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That said, if anyone wishes to discuss a particular aspect of the Bee Network services or, if you have any suggestions for improvements of those services, feel free to start a new thread about that topic.

If you wish to head down memory lane and talk about how good or bad a certain route was in the old days, it's probably best to start a new thread!