Services which don't exist but there could be demand for

[joe_alker]

RE: Services which don't exist but there could be demand for
The one that always got me was when Mayne were took over by Stagecoach, we (Droylsden) lost quite a lot of services to outlying areas past Ashton.

I believe at various points we have had links to Oldham, Mossley, Stalybridge, Brookbottom and Carrbrook.

Now we have a every 15-minute service 231 (with every other bus going to Ashton) with no Stagecoach link to any of those areas apart from the 236/7 to Stalybridge from Ashton. Mossley does have the train station so it retains a link to Manchester, but areas such as Brookbottom, Carrbrook and Dukinfield have no direct link to Manchester. Dukinfield has the 221 which runs once in a blue moon (or 1 journey at peak times) and for the 236/7, I think it wasn't the greatest idea curtailing them at Ashton, as having a limited stop service between Ashton and Manchester is quite a good idea.