Stagecoach MCSL - Chester & Wirral Depots

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RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral

(09/02/2017 08:05)Turbostar Wrote:  I've noticed a few new drivers on the X8 recently, so I expect the rogue stopping patterns will be due to a lack of thorough training.

The problem with calling at unadvertised stops (apart from the drag on time) is that it's a sure fire way of generating complaints. Driver "A" calls at an unadvertised stop one day & customer is happy. Day 2, and driver "B" (who is doing the job properly), doesn't stop, and gets an earful from the punter!

I would have thought some aide memoir on the drivers running board would be a way of identifying the correct stops on the X8?

By now most passengers know the stopping places on this route and if they don't they should ask the driver. As there are so few stops between Liverpool and E-Port (six?), it really shouldn't be a Mastermind test of knowledge.

The express X2 (Liverpool-Preston) is easier to remember: it observes ALL stops until it gets to Crossens!!