Commuter flows without a bus (or rail) link

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RE: Commuter flows without a bus (or rail) link

(11/02/2016 16:47)knutstransport Wrote:  Cheshire East have published a revised version of their local plan this week.

In my view (and I know other people have the same view) is the best way to provide a link between Cheshire East and Warrington is for an express bus route between Macclesfield and Warrington via Chelford, Knutsford and Lymm. However, unless an operator chooses to run such a service that isn't going to happen at present due to the 27 service between Knutsford and Macclesfield being commercial and a subsided service not being allowed to compete with a commercial one.

You would think that if significant commuter flows are known to exist that a new bus service to meet that flow could be sustainable in the long term without a subsidy even if it might need a subsidy initially until passenger numbers pick up.


Same with Knutsford where Longridge exists as an overspill estate and Cheshire East's plans for new housing in their local plan involves building on fields the other side of the road from Longridge, which given the distance from the town centre and what's nearby I would assume would be cheapish housing.

Out of interest, did the report suggest whether the handforth - trafford flow was to trafford borough, or more to trafford park/trafford centre? As there could be potential in a direct service from the wilmslow/handforth area to the tc via wythenshawe then the m56/60. (especially as the only existing service is the 18, which takes the best part of an hour from wythenshawe)