Good Morning Councillor Sykes,

I have had discussions with Rosso regarding the afternoon peak gap on service 408 (1415 to 1602 from Oldham towards Shaw).

At the moment they don’t have a bus available to provide an additional journey but I am aware of plans to make some revisions to the local school bus network which could potentially free up a vehicle at approximately 1535 in Oldham.

Rosso have provided a price to provide an additional journey but given that this would require an extra bus it would be difficult to justify.

I’d like to see where we get to with the potential school bus changes – if this is a possibility, and as we’d be using existing resources the price would be likely to be much lower.

Regards – Nick O’Neill, Service Planning Officer, Transport for Greater Manchester, 2 Piccadilly Place, Manchester M1 3BG.  Direct Line 0161 244 1580.  Office Fax 0161 244 1310