Doing Buses Differently - Consultation on Proposed Franchising Scheme


Consultation Outcome Reports

TfGM Bus Franchising in Greater Manchester June 2020: Consultation Report (PDF, 4.7MB)

Ipsos MORI Consultation on a Proposed Bus Franchising Scheme Summary Report (PDF, 2.3MB)

Ipsos MORI Qualitative Research Summary Report (PDF, 2.3MB)

Stakeholder Responses (PDF, 28MB)

Sub Area Map (PNG, 37MB)

Main documents

Consultation Document

This Consultation Document sets out why Greater Manchester Combined Authority believes it needs to change Greater Manchester’s bus market, and the reasons why it believes bus franchising is the right way to do this. It also sets out the Proposed Franchising Scheme and how it could be introduced, and seeks views on the proposals.

Greater Manchester Consultation on a Proposed Bus Franchising Scheme: Consultation Document (Issuu)

Have your say on how your buses are run - Consultation Document

Have your say on how your buses are run - Consultation Document (PDF, 4.5MB)

Large print version (PDF, 1.5MB)

Read out Loud guide (PDF, 152KB)

Have your say on how your buses are run - Consultation Leaflet

Have your say on how your buses are run - Consultation leaflet (PDF, 1.2MB)

Large print version (PDF, 112KB)

Individual Chapters

  1. Introduction
  2. Executive Summary
  3. Description of the Proposed Franchising Scheme
  4. Assessment Summary
  5. Strategic Case
  6. Economic Case
  7. Commercial Case
  8. Financial Case
  9. Management Case
  10. The impacts of the different options
  11. Assessment conclusion
  12. Equality Impact Assessment
  13. Outcome of Audit
  14. Final questions
  15. Appendices

Assessment

This is the full assessment including all the in-depth technical information and statistics.

Bus Franchising in Greater Manchester Assessment (Issuu)

Bus Franchising in Greater Manchester Assessment (PDF, 63MB)

Individual Chapters

  1. Introduction
  2. Strategic Case
  3. Economic Case
  4. Commercial Case
  5. Financial Case
  6. Management Case
  7. Review and Conclusion
  8. Bibliography
  9. Appendices
  10. List of amendments

Assessment Supporting Papers: General

The Greater Manchester Franchising Scheme for Buses (1.3MB)

Bus Market in Greater Manchester Supporting Paper (PDF, 3.4MB)

Operator Information Supporting Paper (PDF, 309KB)

Network Supporting Paper (PDF, 798KB)

Partnership Option: Operators’ Position and Modelling Implications Supporting Paper (PDF, 477KB)

Risk and Optimism Bias Supporting Paper (PDF, 262KB)

Pensions Impact Paper (PDF, 311KB)

Equality Impact Analysis (PDF, 265KB)

Cases

Economic Case Supporting Paper (PDF, 2.3MB)

Commercial Case Franchising Risk Allocation Supporting Paper (PDF, 277KB)

Commercial Case Marketing Engagement Supporting Paper (PDF, 685KB)

Financial Case Supporting Paper (PDF, 319KB)

Management Case Franchising Supporting Paper (PDF, 377KB)

Management Case Partnerships Supporting Paper (PDF, 317KB)

Reference Copies Public Building List (PDF, 190KB)

Website Updates

Monday 14 October

  • Website launched (12pm)
  • Online questionnaires added (2pm)

Tuesday 15 October

  • Minor amends to the questionnaires and public buildings list

Friday 18 October

  • Minor amends to the questionnaires
  • Website Updates added

Tuesday 22 October

  • Minor amends to the questionnaires and public buildings list

Wednesday 23 October

  • Consultation Leaflet added

Friday 25 October

  • Consultation Document (ISSUU and PDF) minor update to public buildings list

Tuesday 29 October

  • Large print Consultation Document and Read Out Loud Guide added

Friday 1 November

  • Large print leaflet added

Monday 11 November

  • More events added

Thursday 21 November

  • Large print short questionnaire added

Friday 22 November

  • New survey link added
  • Past events deleted

Wednesday 25 November

  • Events amended

Tuesday 17 December

  • All past events removed