Manchester Community Transport

[knutstransport]

RE: Manchester Community Transport

(15/04/2020 10:13)KXW212 Wrote:  What then happens in the interim, between the closure of MCT at the end of April and the newly awarded contract stating ?. An emergency tender ?. This is CEC we're talking about, whose grasp on public transport provision is mediocre, to say the least.

Both MCT and Cheshire East have said that the council will try and provide some sort of emergency provision for any key workers who rely on the service. I suspect this means TSS providing a very limited service for key workers only, using the FlexiLink minibuses.

In the case of someone living in Poynton saying they provide admin support at Stepping Hill Hospital, I suspect Cheshire East to tell them to get a train to Stockport, from where they can get an onward bus or train, opposed providing a bus for them.

Anyone who relies on the 391/392 to get to the local supermarket is screwed, given the usual FlexiLink service has already been suspended.