Stagecoach MCSL - Chester & Wirral Depots

[polarbear]

RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral
I sampled the new X8 service today & was most impressed. The Enviro 300's have some grunt on the motorway sections & it's hard to believe that until a few weeks ago, they were plodding up & down Stanley Road, Bootle on the 53's..!!

Was much less impressed with the driver of the early X2 from Chester who decided to miss my stop by blasting down the A5116 in the outside lane at around 40 mph overtaking everything in sight. That caused me to be around an hour late into work today!

A few observations about the X8 today;

• The drivers appear to be setting down passengers at some stops that aren't listed in the publicity.
• There seems to be quite a bit of slack in the schedules
• Early days, but I think the publicity push Stagecoach have done around Chester has resulted in people using the new service from day 1.
  

Hopefully, this will generate more custom on the route & in time, the schedules tweaked to better reflect the ability of the 300's.