First Manchester

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RE: First Manchester
The 17 has always been like that, too much time Rochdale to Middleton and not enough Middleton to Manchester! Nice route to drive though. Has it settled down now up there with the depot closures?

(30/04/2017 15:55)Dentonian Wrote:  Reliability/punctuality wasn't good at all yesterday, although I don't know if that's normal for a Saturday. I saw 12010 leave Bury towards Rochdale c.1320 and by the time I caught the Rosso 468 at 1342 no more 471s had arrived. Not surprisingly, the Streetlite I caught (304) was fully loaded by the time it left The Rock, but notably well over a dozen were left on after Jericho. I was by no means the only passenger to travel all the way to Rochdale, so I suspect Rosso will be gaining from poor punctuality on the 471. I then intended catching the 1526, 17 back to M'cr having seen the 1516 leave just a minute or two late. Nothing came in until well after half past and having loaded the driver waited until after 1536 before leaving. So clearly, the 1526 was a "no show". There was a lot of waiting time at all timing points within Rochdale MBC before we arrived in Shudehill at 1638 which I'm guessing is fractionally late. Yet another case of running times being too slack at the start of a journey and too tight towards the end - exactly the OPPOSITE of what customers need and an illustration of why Integration will never work.