Arriva North West - Winsford Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot

(19/04/2017 20:29)Dentonian Wrote:  Perhaps the ordinary passengers should find VOSA's e-mail (or indeed, Postal) address. Such late running outside peaks is ridiculous at the best of times, but didn't someone say that the Manchester journeys are run seperately to the Wimslow shorts, so therefore most have 35 minutes stand in Macc?

As regards the Sunday (tendered) journeys, hasn't anyone complained to ECCC?

During the MF 30 min frequency period off peak, buses only stand at Macc for 5 mins. They do alternative Wilmslow/Manchester journeys. That's part of the problem, lack of recovery time, so it just compounds, as the day progresses. A extra bus in the circuit to increase running/stand time would be the answer, but extra resource costs money and the head office bean counters aren't going to tolerate that. The Arriva App is a very useful tool, but it also reveals how easily the service collapses. The Centro yesterday was a case in point, I observed it about 12 late at Monks Heath heading into Macc. It lost a further 8 mins at Macc and a further 3 coming back, arriving at Alderley Edge 21 late, It was further observed in Wilmslow 25 down. If the TC was that interested it wouldn't take that much effort to see what goes on. But is there the will to do that ?