(21/08/2022 17:31)Jack Wrote:  Deckers seemed to become standard on the 22 and 32 while Arriva were on strike which was sensible and they seem to have stuck to that since, i suppose the schools being off means more spare deckers too.

(22/08/2022 04:56)Valandil Wrote:  Notably the blue-coloured deckers often helping keep up the "blue line" appearance on the 32.

(22/08/2022 08:31)Busway_Bob Wrote:  electric Buses are a bad idea, you watch in about a year or 2 when they go to scrap

(22/08/2022 08:08)Valandil Wrote:  Hopefully more deckers will be acquired when there is fleet renewal for the all-electric fleet plan.
In my opinion, routes like 25 and 20/21 could do with a full decker allocation Monday-Friday until early evening.

(22/08/2022 15:22)knutstransport Wrote:  I think loadings on buses departing Warrington could be more evenly spread if passengers were better informed about which services served which roads.

The Knutsford to Warrington 47 service in the morning can get almost full leaving Latchford. People who could board the CAT5/5A, 1, 2 or 12 are happy to get on a bus that says "47 Warrington" if it's the first one that turns up after they arrive at the bus stop. However, on the afternoon Warrington to Knutsford service pretty much all the passengers who board it either want one of the roads in Thelwall that aren't served by the CAT services or somewhere beyond Lymm.

(22/08/2022 21:04)iMarkeh Wrote:  On the way home, the CAT5 departs at the same time as the 47 so people would likely go for a 'core' route.

(23/08/2022 12:26)knutstransport Wrote:  As the 47 doesn't go via Stockton Heath, it gets to Lymm faster if both depart on time. Of course the afternoon 47 is quite often an old bus so if one of the high spec Enviro 200 MMCs turns on the CAT5 it might be people would choose the nicer bus anyway. But then others might prefer an older bus with few passengers over a modern bus with lots of passengers.