Warrington's Own Buses

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RE: WBT Network Warrington

(05/04/2018 19:59)RedPanda Wrote:  Warrington seems to be free of timetables at stops with the only information being is routes of buses that stop at the stop your at. Information has to be found by looking at a paper timetable or online.
Is this the same in Knutsford? And across Cheshire?

I do hope it is well used (overcrowding) with all pensioners and disabled on a seat. I've always been surprised at how no operator has had a service linking the two towns given the distance.

As I mentioned previously there used to be a more regular 47 service from Warrington to Lower Peover (village beyond Knutsford) with an odd service continuing to Northwich via Lach Dennis but it didn't get high enough loadings to be viable commercially and a political dispute between Cheshire County Council and Warrington Borough Council saw it cut back to a token service on Tuesdays and Fridays only and Cheshire East weren't interested in renewing the contract until Warrington Coachways collapsed and the Warrington-High Legh-Altrincham service wasn't replaced but even then Cheshire East were only interested in a token Tuesday and Friday service as far as High Legh.

Knutsford does have timetable displays at most stops, there's some bus stops without displays particularly on roads which used to be served by the 300 and are now served by the 88A. However, the information is basic as it just gives the time, route number and the final destination e.g. 09:00 88A Colshaw Drive, Wheelock Close, so if you don't know the 88A is routed via the Longridge Estate then you need to have a copy of a full timetable to ask other passengers or drivers. They also weren't updated until during the day on Tuesday this week meaning on Tuesday morning they were still showing the old times. Plus they don't show arrivals which terminate there so while the displays should show the only Warrington bus leaves the bus station at 09:40, they don't say when the only Knutsford bus leaves Warrington or gets back to Knutsford even if the 14:30 departure for Lymm gives a bit of a clue.

I don't know if thy're doing a new one but the booklet of all D&G and High Peak services in Cheshire East seemed to work well, as you could pick up a booklet because you want the timetable for one specific service and then find out about services you didn't even know existed.