Stagecoach MCSL - Chester & Wirral Depots

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RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral

(08/04/2015 16:41)wirralbus Wrote:  The least said about the X22 service today the better , the best laid plans to get from Chester to West Kirby with Stagecoach knackered by a failed connection at Heswall. Left Chester at 14.30 five minutes late already due to late inward , arrived Heswall 13 late , actually saw the single deck 38 leaving the Bus Station as the X22 crested the hill by Heswall Police Station. Joined up thinking to split the route , erm none there .

Somebody please tell me how Stagecoach management come up with 13000 passengers in 6 months , the 12.04 X8 from Liverpool to Chester had five passengers to Ellesmere Port with none picked up between Liverpool and Ellesmere Port Bus Station , its only from there that business actually picked up leading to a 3/4 full bus.

The drivers have to wait in Heswall for 5 minutes so connections can be made, so if the X22 was 13minutes late then fair play to the 38 driver, hes not in the wrong at all. The driver of the X22 obviously isnt going to be deliberately running late so its just bad luck really.

If you used the X8 at peak times, more so AM journeys, you can see standing loads at times. It just depends on the time of day. Its not going to be heaving 24/7 especially when you have the 1 and 2 there as well.