Stagecoach Manchester

[M60lad]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester
Started yesterday and continuing until Tuesday at the earliest Church Street is closed at High Street junction heading out of Manchester, this caused huge problems yesterday to all services using that side of town as all buses were diverted via Lever Street, Swan Street and Shudehill, by yesterday afternoon this was adding upto 20mins to all journey times with buses queuing the length of Lever Street to Stevenson Square, due to these problems I noticed that usual diversion for 216/231s inbound to Manchester became operational again with buses coming in via Adair Street, Fairfield Street, Minshull Street and Portland Street.

It didn't help that these works (whatever their doing as there's a big square hole at Church Street/High Street junction now) have coincided with the following:

1> Disney on Ice at Manchester Arena
2> Metrolink off Manchester-Bury/Central Park
3> Manchester City playing at home