Cheshire West & East Tenders

[knutstransport]

RE: Cheshire West & East Tenders
Notice the 312 will only start at 9am. Doesn't make it any use for someone working normal office hours in Wilmslow and likely to be a regular passenger (travelling most days) rather than shoppers who may only travel once a week. I also find it strange the first journey is Wilmslow to Handforth and the last is Handforth to Wilmslow, not the other way around.

I also observe the 312 will leave Wilmslow 7 minutes after the 130 but will get there just 1 minute later. That will presumably weaken the viability of off-peak 130 journeys running to Handforth.

As there is an existing bus from Wilmslow to Handforth Dean Retail Park, it might be the rules regarding subsiding bus services where there's a commercial alternative comes in to play. Cheshire East seem to interpret them more literally than TfGM.