Stagecoach MCSL - Chester & Wirral Depots

[Penny Return]

RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral

(30/12/2014 07:09)M60lad Wrote:  Not sure what route X8s were using to/from Cheshire Oaks yesterday afternoon/evening as I recieved a tweat from NW Motorway Police that the sliproads on M53 for Cheshire Oaks in both directions ended up being closed due to the chaos round there

I was stuck early afternoon on X8 into Cheshire Oaks took an hour from the port.you can only blame the the people who designed this place with those car parks,Park & Ride is the answer

[DVG526]

RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral
34601 is out on the 42 today

[wirralbus]

RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral

(30/12/2014 07:18)Penny Return Wrote:  I was stuck early afternoon on X8 into Cheshire Oaks took an hour from the port.you can only blame the the people who designed this place with those car parks,Park & Ride is the answer

If you look at all of them designer outlet villages they have all been more or less designed the same way , a lot of the blame at Cheshire Oaks is the traffic management outside the site .

Now where would you build a Park and Ride site in the Ellesmere Port area , dont forget you are encroaching on green belt land if you build anything basically in the Chester direction.

[Turbostar]

RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral
Yesterday, I turned up at Sir Thomas St at 16:50 for the 17:05 X8 to Chester. The first X8 that appeared was at 17:55 which apparently should have been the 16:30 departure from Liverpool!

I feel really sorry for the drivers in these circumstances & appreciate there's little the bus company can do to alleviate the issue. However, I have e-mailed Stagecoach to register my opinion on the delay & have firmly pointed the finger of blame at McArthur Glenn as it's the poor design of the road layout in the area that's the cause of these delays.

I doubt much can be done in the short term, but longer term, someone needs to get their finger out & give the buses some degree of priority around Cheshire Oaks. There are some service roads around the site that aren't open to regular traffic & I wonder whether one or more of those could be given over to bus use?

[childwallblues]

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(30/12/2014 12:48)wirralbus Wrote:  If you look at all of them designer outlet villages they have all been more or less designed the same way , a lot of the blame at Cheshire Oaks is the traffic management outside the site .

Now where would you build a Park and Ride site in the Ellesmere Port area , dont forget you are encroaching on green belt land if you build anything basically in the Chester direction.

Quite honestly I feel sorry for the police who have to sort out the sorry mess whilst McArthur Glen and its tenants reap the profits.

[wirralbus]

RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral
Monday's debacle was only helped in the end by the decision of Cheshire Police to close the sliproads off the M53 , which gave the police some headway to move the traffic without adding any more .

I would hesitate to think what Ellesmere Port Town Centre was like yesterday as everything had to continue onto the Junction at the bottom of the town .

Today the traffic bulletins have been a lot more favourable .

[R879 HRF]

RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral
36814 is playing on rail replacement this morning

[YK53 GXO]

RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral
Renown W468 CRN (21119) is on the 41\42.

[wirralbus]

RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral

(02/01/2015 07:13)R879 HRF Wrote:  36814 is playing on rail replacement this morning

Why the rail replacements had to be double deckers in the first place is beyond me , never seen more than a handful of people on it .

[E400]

RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral

(02/01/2015 16:18)wirralbus Wrote:  Why the rail replacements had to be double deckers in the first place is beyond me , never seen more than a handful of people on it .

I was thinking exactly that this morning. They would've got away with a Solo for most journeys and maybe a Pointer or Enviro300 for peak times. Now most people know that Hamilton Square is shut they have made their own alternative travel plans.