Greater Manchester Service Changes

[Michael]

RE: Greater Manchester service changes

(05/08/2020 21:31)gilbert Wrote:  It's a huge lash up on both 42B/C and 378/378A/379 services.The public haven't a clue what runs where and when,which way it goes etc.Some of the bus stops have the wrong numbers on.None of them appear to have timetables-one even has 2016 on it. Not all the public have access to computers.The 42C wastes half an hour doing nothing at Handforth Dean picking up only one or two passengers each time I've seen it. Cheadle Hulme and Bramhall have lost half of their 42B services as a result.For what?

I asked one of the 378A drivers about it-he said''TfGM just threw a map at us and said make a route out of it. This is the result.'' Chaos and utter car crash.

How would a 378 driver know the 42c is run out of Hyde road.I would have thought the route was planned by the stagecoach scheduling team like every other route TFGM dont just walk in with a map & say sought this out.Its a tendered route so would have gone out to competive tender.As for the 42B loadings are very poor between cheadle hulme & Bramhall doesn't justify a 30 min service