I suppose the difference is the 100 and 184 were ran from depots now under Bee Network (although the 184 was ran from Huddersfield briefly before Bee Network) whereas the 5/X5 have been Warrington based. It must have been down to Warrington to continue running to the Airport like they've continued to do on the 22A between Newton and Wigan. They didn't take that option so Bee Network has replaced the Greater Manchester section.
(06/01/2025 20:44)Jack Wrote: [ -> ]I suppose the difference is the 100 and 184 were ran from depots now under Bee Network (although the 184 was ran from Huddersfield briefly before Bee Network) whereas the 5/X5 have been Warrington based. It must have been down to Warrington to continue running to the Airport like they've continued to do on the 22A between Newton and Wigan. They didn't take that option so Bee Network has replaced the Greater Manchester section.
I was thinking more of the Altrincham-Lymm-Warrington service, than Manchester-Warrington.
I suppose you're right as TfGM have no control over Warrington's Own Buses, and if Lymm-Warrington services need a subsidy then that would be Warrington Council's remit. There also isn't a good record of Warrington and Cheshire East working together to provide a decent cross-boundary service. Although, Warrington and Cheshire West seem to have worked well together in retaining a Northwich-Warrington service via 2 different routes.
It didn't immediately come to mind that the Bee Network cross-boundary services are being operated from what would have been GMB North depots, with there being changes due to First selling different parts of the operation.
(06/01/2025 07:57)knutstransport Wrote: [ -> ]Looks like the 288 has gone back to a minibus operation again (did TfGM not learn from last time?)
Unless there's vehicles tracking incorrectly it looks like that was the case for Sun-Wed, and then Thurs, Fri and today it's been Enviro 200 MMCs. Flip side is it seems to have been the Stockport area that's seen an extra Mellor Strata and one less MMC, the last 3 days.