Wigan Coachways

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RE: Wigan Coachways

(28/08/2012 17:02)Nicholas Wrote:  I would imagine its to try and get a little bit of trade off Arriva. If people see the number, they'll know its going the same way as the main service (at least between Wigan and Orrell).

That'll be the reason. Rather than starting a new service with a new number, just use an established service number and run a slightly altered route in the hope that on the common section of the route (Orrell Post-Wigan), people will see '352' and think 'I know that route, I'll get on that' and get more non-student customers on the service. If it becomes successful, then it could see more journeys on the route.

Might the same thinking with the 600, which also runs journeys from Winstanley College and Leigh/Tyldesley but only runs on the same section of route as First's 600 service between Ashton and Leigh.

Another option could have been to taken a leaf out of K-Line's book in Huddersfield, which is have similar routes to First but then have a letter suffix (301A, 302A, 324B).