Stagecoach MCSL - Chester & Wirral Depots

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RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral

(21/01/2017 10:19)CKC 312L Wrote:  Service 1 goes under the low bridge at Bach station but it is not hard to convert this route to double decker operation and it is not brain surgery either
Stagecoach could reconfigure local services in Chester to serve the area that would miss out if Service 1 was operated by double deckers and the double deckers could operate by the diversionary route that is in place at the moment
Or the X8 if not converted to double deck operation they could re-route the X8 via the present Service 1 route and Service 1 could operate via the present X8 route from the Zoo into the City Centre
Or simply Cheshire West & Chester could simply re-route subsidised services in the area to serve the area that Service 1 now serves to compensate for the loss of a local service

The possibilities are endless, but ultimately it will be decided on which services need deckers and whether a conversion to decker operation is financially justified. On another thread, it has been suggested that GM's 20/21 services that currently experience overcrowding (even with a 5- minute frequency) is a more likely candidate for deckers. Time will tell, but I'm sure that a business plan (and route allocation) for these 33 new deckers was put forward to senior management before the order was approved.