(23 Sep 2023, 2:01 pm)Acky81 wrote This Nigel clown at go north east is ruining the business. He made a shambles of go north west. Lost a depot to Stagecoach in Manchester. Making drivers go 5 hours driving without a break and now non paid breaks. Drivers working 51-52 hours a week!! Cutting services let right and centre.
Time to sort it Nigel
Pay your drivers fairly
Breaks to be paid or at least half paid
Stop wasting money on painting buses every month and debrand all routes to go north east colours!!!
Sunderland and District is pointless
It never worked. The fox and the graphites now work together making it pointless
Sort it out before the go north east fades into a distant memory
But gained:
Stagecoach Wigan
Diamond Bolton
Arriva Bolton which also housed First Vantage
As with Tranche 1, it would appear tfgm are liking the idea of one operator dominating each tranche, so Queens Road was most probably going to go when GNW won Tranche 1.
It will be interesting what happens with Tranche 3, as I have said before includes Stockport and Tameside (areas like Aston under Lyne, Denton and Hyde) which is pretty much Stagecoach territory with them winning Tranche 2. I cannot see tfgm wanting 1 single operator to run both Tranche 2 and 3.
Anyway, back to pay deal at GNE.......