(30/07/2017 15:50)knutstransport Wrote:  I did think why are they terminating buses from Manchester at Wilmslow if they are Macclesfield depot buses.

(30/07/2017 13:38)CKC 312L Wrote:  I know how an independent operator works having close to 20 years in the bus industry both as a driver and a supervisor and I have also worked for both big group companies as well a small indies not all small companies have a break in service to facilitate a driver break plus a company like Howards could look at using a school driver who just does am/pm schools to cover meal breaks
It would be a shame if an all day service was lost because of managed decline by whoever the operator might be big or small

(30/07/2017 16:19)dca529x Wrote:  The proposed Cheshire East cuts/revisions involving the 27, 88 and 289 are now floating around and you have to wonder how this sits against that.

(30/07/2017 15:15)Dentonian Wrote:  Before everyone gets carried away, it looks like somebody at ANW has dropped a massive b*****k. I'm not saying which version is correct and which is wrong - especially as a certain other Operator in GM make far more mistakes on EBSRs than they did on proper paper registrations - but this attachment bears NO relation to the Registration supplied to TFGM.

Cheshire East council Wrote:130 Arriva PC0002598/290 Macclesfield - Manchester: route and timetable revised with service improvements.

(11/08/2017 10:32)dennis-loline Wrote:  the 130 route on arriva site as now been updated and makes more sense when read.

(11/08/2017 10:48)knutstransport Wrote:  New corrected timetable: https://www.arrivabus.co.uk/GetTimetable/?guid=7c9bbbba-04b9-4bd3-9fa5-a2b7c027d39d&id=31688&date=170903-171108

I've noticed the last bus to Macclesfield from Wilmslow is now 20:00 on weekdays and 19:02 on Saturdays. Evening peak departures are still inconsistent though - after 15:08 from Macc the departure times are 15:48, 16:35, 17:10 and 18:25 and from Wilmslow southbound departure times are 15:40, 16:20, 17:34, 18:14, 18:47, 19:29 and 20:00.

(11/08/2017 13:27)dca529x Wrote:  There some improvements :
Later departures from Manchester through to Macc on Mon - Sat
Very early departures from Macc to Manchester Mon - Fri, similarly on Sat, but not as early.
No doubt this reflects the all Macc allocation.

The peak service although hardly changed, is still a mess, with increased running time busting the clockface frequency, which doesn't bother me, but is hardly attractive to ordinary punters.

The 5 min layover at Macc during the midday period, one of the main causes of unreliability (lack of recovery) remains.

On Saturday the ridiculously last bus out of Macc stays at 1708, another disincentive to anybody working there and using the service for work.

Probably works nicely for driver duty efficiency and compilation though.

Overall, a disappointment.

(11/08/2017 15:23)Dentonian Wrote:  "Busting" clockface frequencies is a necessary evil nowadays I'm afraid. Layover times however are not the problem. Increased layover indicates either insufficient running time or inefficient crew changeovers, so do not address the route cause. Most bus stations - in GM, at least - are tight for slots so "on paper" 5 minutes is both the minimum allowed by Unite (occasionally 4 minutes is accepted at less busy termini) and the maximum allowed by TFGM unless on a double stand occupied by just one Operator.