First Manchester advises customers to plan alternative travel from Monday 3 July

First Manchester is advising customers to plan alternative travel arrangements from Monday 3 July as industrial action set to take place at its Oldham depot means no services will operate.

Full details of the impact on bus services can be found on a dedicated page of its website https://www.firstbus.co.uk/greater-manchester/news-and-service-updates/industrial-action, which will be updated regularly and also has details of ticket refunds.

Customers are advised to follow its Twitter account @FirstMancester for the latest information as due to short notice changes the real-time information on the First Bus app and at bus stops may not be accurate.

School services are not affected and the Vantage V1 and V2 will also continue to operate along with the 184 Huddersfield-Oldham service.

Ian Humphreys, Managing Director of First Manchester, said: “I would like to apologise sincerely to all our customers in advance for the disruption and inconvenience this action will cause but want them to be aware of the situation so they can plan for journeys they have to make next week.

“We offered a generous pay increase of 15.2 per cent which has been rejected and made every attempt to avoid industrial action, especially given the short notice this creates for our customers to make alternative travel arrangements.”

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