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RE: More bad news for Skelmersdale - iMarkeh - 01/11/2018 00:18
Sorry to bring back an old thread but how did the 352 and 313 interwork when the 352 goes to Wigan and the 313 was just a Skem circular? Was the 352 just used for placement to get the bus in the right area?
RE: More bad news for Skelmersdale - T42 PVM - 01/11/2018 06:44
352 interworks with the 395 which worked onto the 313
RE: More bad news for Skelmersdale - B10B6514 - 01/11/2018 07:41
And the 312 ran independently fyi.
RE: More bad news for Skelmersdale - iMarkeh - 01/11/2018 22:30
(01/11/2018 06:44)T42 PVM Wrote: 352 interworks with the 395 which worked onto the 313
What the actual..... That is one hell of a round trip. That is some mad interworking. I haven't known a company to go that OTT with interworking lol. I don't know how I thought it would work but all of that interworking is madness. One delay in St Helens could jeopardise a service in Skem...
RE: More bad news for Skelmersdale - T42 PVM - 01/11/2018 22:34
(01/11/2018 22:30)iMarkeh Wrote: What the actual..... That is one hell of a round trip. That is some mad interworking. I haven't known a company to go that OTT with interworking lol. I don't know how I thought it would work but all of that interworking is madness. One delay in St Helens could jeopardise a service in Skem...
I was a regular passenger on the 352 in them days and found that to be reliable but i think you got decent drop back in Wigan, Motor Mayham or Tinytears would know better than me regarding the service reliability as a whole.
RE: More bad news for Skelmersdale - St Helens Rider - 01/11/2018 23:18
The big bottle neck was (and probably still is) Saddle Junction which with is interworking has to be passed through 4 times on a round trip.
RE: More bad news for Skelmersdale - iMarkeh - 02/11/2018 01:11
(01/11/2018 22:34)T42 PVM Wrote: I was a regular passenger on the 352 in them days and found that to be reliable but i think you got decent drop back in Wigan, Motor Mayham or Tinytears would know better than me regarding the service reliability as a whole.Dropbacks cost a lot of money though. I don't know why i'm so shocked but it's rare to see 3 routes interwork except when it comes to little local routes.
RE: More bad news for Skelmersdale - M60lad - 02/11/2018 06:39
The other bottleneck would be the M6/M58 junction at Orrel if I remember rightly where time could easily be lost in both directions.