(06 Aug 2023, 10:26 am)Storx wrote Unless they're planning to bend the rules, I'm not sure how that matters.
The GNW driver's shouldn't be following them to Wigan as driver's are meant to be TUPED to the new operator so they should be no-where near the Diamond Streetdeck's.
I specifically said "new GNW drivers" - i.e. not ones working at Queens Road, but ones recruited specially for the new franchise work at Bolton and Wigan.
There is absolutely no guarantee that existing drivers will TUPE over to GNW - they don't have to and Diamond are retaining a depot in Bolton (Folds Road - rumoured to be the current Arriva depot) and Stagecoach are setting up a new depot for recently won schools work so some drivers might choose to stay with them.
And there is nothing as far as I can see to stop GNW using existing drivers on franchise work anyway.