Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

[Raawwwrrr!]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(21/03/2017 10:18)ant17612 Wrote:  Not sure if been reported but the 112 is being chopped, new buses haven't been there 5 minutes and now the work load for them is reduced!

Only one service is withdrawn from the timetable.

[M60lad]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan
Just been to Rochdale and it seemseems Middeton Depot are running a Metrolink Replacement service from Rochdale Station to Rochdale Bus Station using 36097 & 36100

[knutstransport]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan
Someone's put up unofficial notices at Wilmslow Bank Square saying about the 378 withdrawal, which claims the reason for Stagecoach withdrawing that section is because most of the passengers are ENCTS holders and Stagecoach doesn't consider Cheshire East council's reimbursement enough to continue running services to Wilmslow.

[Solo40336]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(21/03/2017 13:22)M60lad Wrote:  Just been to Rochdale and it seemseems Middeton Depot are running a Metrolink Replacement service from Rochdale Station to Rochdale Bus Station using 36097 & 36100

They are no longer Middleton vehicles, both (with 36096) were replaced by MMC's last week

[acocker96]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan
Some passengers keep on trying it on with weekly cards, claim either it or the ticket machine doesn't work and flashes a receipt saying they bought it, when the driver tells them it isn't topped up they start shouting and making a scene to get the driver to wave them on. 3 times this month I've seen it tried.

[gilbert]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(21/03/2017 13:51)knutstransport Wrote:  Someone's put up unofficial notices at Wilmslow Bank Square saying about the 378 withdrawal, which claims the reason for Stagecoach withdrawing that section is because most of the passengers are ENCTS holders and Stagecoach doesn't consider Cheshire East council's reimbursement enough to continue running services to Wilmslow.

Ageism?

[ant17612]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(21/03/2017 11:48)Raawwwrrr! Wrote:  Only one service is withdrawn from the timetable.

The MEN begs to differ
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/n...B-MEN-main

[ant17612]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan
Just looked at the article again and the 112 has been removed from the axing section...

[Quackdave]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(21/03/2017 19:38)ant17612 Wrote:  Just looked at the article again and the 112 has been removed from the axing section...

I wouldn't take what the M.E.N. has to say too literally - the V3 is their primary example of a service being "axed", despite the fact that the Leigh - MRI route is actually being increased - just with a different number. Local newspapers often try to sensationalise this sort of thing, preferring to incense than to inform.

[knutstransport]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan
Charlotte Cox is the MEN journalist who wrote that TPE would be getting cascaded trains instead of new. She claimed it was mentioned in a presentation she was at but other journalists at the presentation said she was daydreaming and missed the key points.