Greater Manchester Service Changes

[iMarkeh]

RE: Greater Manchester Service Changes

(01/11/2020 15:19)SF07 Wrote:  Given that there's a Sunday evening service between Newton-le-Willows and Wigan, that's operated by Warrington's Own Buses and there's no mention of that being withdrawn, it would suggest that there will be a Monday-Saturday evening service from a different operator. Whether that's as the 22A or 360 doesn't appear to be clear.

No mention of the change on the TfGM website, which doesn't help anyone using the route. No clues on bustimes.org either. Obvious option would be Arriva resuming the operation and have the same operator throughout the day and evening on Monday-Saturdays and TfGM have been trying to reduce the number of operators on some routes in Leigh recently.

TFGM has been awful at updating the website so as you say, that's not helpful. Bustimes won't update as it gets the data from the Traveline database which locally is updated by TFGM. The only way you would get clues is if it was won by an operator who has uploaded OpenData.

The obvious option would be Arriva but they already have issues and as it's a tender, would Arriva really put a bid in taking into account their current driver shortage. Arriva is the only one that makes sense though if you base it off TFGMs current plans of reducing the amount of operators on routes. Certainly a strange one. I know many areas are covered by other services but links to Newton le Willows could be lost as well as no service in Abram.

(01/11/2020 17:13)SF07 Wrote:  Hulleys have made some minor changes to the X56/X57 after one week of service with the X57 being given some extra running time along the Snake Pass. Adds about 5 minutes on journeys from Sheffield and 10 minutes on journeys from Manchester. This now allows the X56/X57 to run a more-balanced hourly service between Glossop and Manchester. Journey times are now 95 minutes (1 hour 35) from Sheffield and 100 minutes (1 hour 40) from Manchester.

Sunday journeys are re-timed as well, due to issues with parked cars at Fairholmes. Buses are now re-timed to run at 0915, 1115, 1315, 1515 and 1715 in both directions with the 1315 journey in both directions missing out Fairholmes and Bamford.

The two services have also had their stop at Henry Street in Glossop towards Shirebrook Park/Sheffield removed with buses running direct along High Street/Norfolk Square.

https://twitter.com/hulleysofbaslow/stat...8443417600

Are the changes on the 13:15 journeys to do with the Fairholmes parking as it looks to be that they need the bus to get to the other end for driver breaks.


EDIT
WOB have said on Twitter that the Newton to Wigan evenings will not be taken over by another operator. Properly withdrawn. Some lost links here and Abram without a bus service in the evening.
https://twitter.com/WarringtonBuses/stat...6478928896