Hopes fade fol MCW workers
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• Metro-Carmel! Weymann staff have left for their threeweek annual holiday facing the threat of redundancy when their notice expires in early August.
Meanwhile, 53 Metrobus double-deckers await completion and delivery to two operators. Most of the 25 for Strathclyde Buses are ready for delivery, and chiefexecutive Alan Westwell says some of the staff are staying on during the holiday to complete the order.
So far, Strathclyde has 45 Metrobuses as part of its dualsourcing policy. West Midlands has 1,102, with 28 to come, and is concerned about parts, warranty and the completion the remaining vehicles. It ha already paid £55,000 for ead vehicle, with the balance to I adjusted on delivery.
Many Metrobus spares an proprietary: "We have ahem started getting them from other sources," says WMT managing director James Isai Hopes are now fading that the Metrobus double-decker would be taken over by Plax ton. Plaxton group chairman David Matthews confirms di; he met MCW, but was only interested in the body, not tl chassis. "We are interested all options to add double and single-deck buses to our range," he says.