(Yesterday, 8:58 pm)L469 YVK wrote Uncle Ben & Nigel aside, GAG are responsible for running GNE into the ground.

The sooner the bill gets passed into law and NECA can buy out the GNE operation and run it as an arms length company, the better.

You’re looking at 2028 at the very earliest

(Yesterday, 6:54 pm)stagecoachbusdepot wrote Interesting to see that they are particularly worried about the falsehood that the current shitshow is linked to the transfer of higher-standard vehicles from GNE to GNW.  Aside from temp loans of MMCs which have long been back in the GNE fleet now, I'm still not sure what these higher spec ex-NE vehicles are that are supposedly gracing the roads of Manchester.

Two StreetDecks went down the 14 plates and we got 07 G1's to replace so it is kinda true. 

They got sent 4 10 Plate Solars and there are still 06-60 plate deckers and 09 solars 

18 plate solo mini meanwhile 709 is keeping strong

(10 hours ago)Unber43 wrote Two StreetDecks went down the 14 plates and we got 07 G1's to replace so it is kinda true. 

They got sent 4 10 Plate Solars and there are still 06-60 plate deckers and 09 solars 

18 plate solo mini meanwhile 709 is keeping strong

What StreetDecks?  I know there was the two oddball B5 X-lines but we are talking handful of buses here none of which are exactly new themselves.  If we'd seen a mass exodus of MMCs or whatever then maybe, but the idea any of this is due to sending a handful of odd midlife vehicles to Manchester is nonsense.  The only ones there's really any case around imo are the few solos though I think 709 was supposed to be withdrawn as well around that time but not sure it ever was in reality.

The media and politicians would be better off focusing on the actual reasons - lack of investment in engineering and new vehicles, rather than talking up the impact of transfers of single figure numbers of vehicles between opcos.  It's just a distraction from the real issue.