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I used to use Rosso for casual use. When it was municipal I always found it to be fine. It wasn’t anything special, it was low frills but it was fairly reliable. As soon as Transdev took over it went to the wall fairly quickly, it was a lottery! After a a number of occasions of being late...

Even these are old. They are being slowly removed from the train stations.

Thank you. That’s a sizeable loss. I wonder if Transdev bid? From what I understand the school contracts aren’t part of this?

Wow. What’s that in terms on number of buses / drivers please? I assume we will see the Rochdale Depot go? I’m surprised First bid for it. I thought they wanted to exit Greater Manchester.

Has Transdev / Rosso lost routes with the latest be network franchises?

Are there any Ex City Zap buses spare?

Who will own new buses coming into service please? Are they owned by TFGM as they seem to be placing the orders? Thanks.

They are leases so they may well be returned to their owner.

Wouldn’t it have made sense to do all the designs together?

A couple of single deck images in base colours. https://twitter.com/buses2012/status/1662054718334533633?s=46&t=JiZRzTNc38vw-5FftuP1Bg

I’m aware of that. But is there a reason why Transdev could win a franchise? They have indicated in the past they are interested in this.

But the busses are on TfGM routes - who's to say those won't stay. If they do there will be a new paint job.

I assume they won't be re-painted due to the possibility of needed to be done again in the Bee Network livery.

Alex has also confirmed the news in his own twitter feed.

Alex Hornby has updated his Twitter Bio and removed any mention of being the CEO of Transdev.

Is Transdev responsible for advertising the route changes? I can’t see why they should be communicating another operators service? Surely it should be the new operator or the transport authority that does this?

According to Transdev commercial director the B10s at Burnley are being replaced with Solos and Stratas. https://twitter.com/paul_turner_74/status/1643310387956203521?s=46&t=JiZRzTNc38vw-5FftuP1Bg

Considering they also have their own marketing staff, I doubt it.

This it the problem with route branded busses. It removes a lot of flexibility.

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