Government bus funding withdrawal / service cuts

[SF07]

Some details about the number of services that are being proposed to be withdrawn in October 2022. This is being put down to the withdrawal of government funding to help bus services during the Covid pandemic. They are mainly First and Stagecoach service with some from others, such as Diamond and Transdev. Several services are being put out to tender, which may mean the current operator will continue to run the service on behalf of TfGM.

Deregistered and put out to tender:
1/2 Wigan (Stagecoach)
6 Rochdale (First)
7 Stockport (Stagecoach)
11A (Stagecoach)
81 (First)
103 (Stagecoach)
150 (Stagecoach)
180 (First)
181/182 (First)
237 (Stagecoach) - final awarded option subject to Derbyshire County Council
313 (Stagecoach)
328 (Stagecoach)
358 (Stagecoach) - final awarded option subject to Derbyshire County Council
378/379 (Stagecoach)
480 (Transdev)
507 (Diamond)
511 (Diamond)
533 (Diamond)
571/572 (Diamond)
597 (Diamond)
635 (Diamond)
X50 (Stagecoach)

Deregistered and direct award:
5/5A (Warrington's Own Buses) - subject to Warrington Borough Council
28 (Warrington's Own Buses) - subject to Warrington Borough Council
42B (Stagecoach) - part
56 (Stagecoach)
322 (Stagecoach)
R3 (Transdev)

Deregistered and no action taken:
108 (Stagecoach) - only runs weekday mornings
X58 (Stagecoach) - route mostly covered by service 256
X84 (First) - route mostly covered by services 84 and 350

Frequency reductions/journeys withdrawn
3/4 Wigan (Stagecoach) - Frequency reduced - direct award
5/6 Wigan (Stagecoach) - Evenings and early mornings deregistered - direct award
9 Wigan (Stagecoach) - Frequency reduced - direct award
10 Manchester (Arriva) - Frequency reduced - direct award
10/10A Wigan (Stagecoach) - Frequency reduced - direct award
11 (Stagecoach) - Frequency reduced - direct award
21/22 (Diamond) - Evening frequency reduced - direct award
23 (Stagecoach) - Early mornings deregistered - direct award
59 (First) - Frequency reduced - no action
147 (Stagecoach) - Frequency reduced - no action
197 (Stagecoach) - Early mornings deregistered - direct award
245 (Arriva) - Frequency reduced - direct award
250 (Stagecoach) - Sunday frequency reduced - direct award
247 (Arriva) - Frequency reduced - direct award
253/255 (Stagecoach) - Peak frequency reduction - direct award
256 (Stagecoach) - Frequency reduced - direct award
263 (Arriva) - Frequency reduced - direct award
314 (Stagecoach) - Evenings deregistered and frequency reduction - direct award
350 (First) - Frequency reduced - direct award
352 (Arriva) - Frequency reduced - direct award
360 (Arriva) - Frequency reduced - direct award
368 (Stagecoach) - Sundays deregistered and frequency reduced - direct award (Sundays may be tendered)
375/395 (Arriva) - Frequency reduced - direct award
383/384 (Stagecoach) - Evenings deregistered - direct award
425 (First) - Frequency reduced - direct award
534 (Arriva) - Frequency reduced - direct award
541 (Arriva) - Frequency reduced - direct award

Route curtailments
8 (Diamond) - terminates at St Marys Gate instead of Shudehill
20 (Diamond)
85A (Stagecoach)


democracy.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/documents/s22177/GMTC%2020220812%20Bus%20Network%20Review.pdf

[michael1971]

i think on the 350 service it will be the short workings Ashton to Mickehurst that go and full 350 running as on it does on Saturdays