25 march 2010 - Manchester, Oxford Road. And this is what marshrutkas look in one of the richest countries of the world. Once Oxford Road was the scene of an epic rivalry between about twenty big and small companies, each trying to get as many students as they could from their homes to the universities. With time more and more dropped out, some were shut by the traffic commissioners, until in 2009 Stagecoach took over the family-run Bullocks Buses. Ah well, who would ride with a company which marketed itself on its website with the words 'Our big red Bullocks...' And so, on the red battlefield marked with the words 'BUS LANE' there were only two left - Finglands and Stagecoach. I wonder how much time will pass until only Stagecoach remains. Sadly, the way economics works, this is the only possible outcome of deregulation.

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iwouldstay (2010-07-21 09:26:47.231689)
I think nobody wanted to travel with Bullocks because they simply didn't run as often as the others. When you commit yourself to an operator at the start of the week as you buy your weekly pass, you're not going to pick the one that runs least frequently. With Stagecoach's Magic Buses, Finglands and - back in the day - UK Death, you could be sure there'd be a bus along within a few minutes...
Krzychu (2011-01-16 18:34:00.87659)
Wg http://thepieman.brinkster.net/list.asp?ListName=chassis391&MenuType=Chassis&ManuSub=&Manu=Volvo i http://west-midlands-bus.fpic.co.uk/c1817667.html on ma numer taborowy 1768.
kacper (*.kielce.vectranet.pl) (2011-07-10 13:40:23.965616)
A na zdjęciu to nie widać, tylko trzeba szukać gdzieś po necie?

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