Warrington's Own Buses

[Valandil]

RE: Warrington's Own Buses

(23/09/2022 14:40)knutstransport Wrote:  The Altrincham to Warrington journey times do look poor when you consider the 47 Knutsford to Warrington times. The 47 may not have much slack in the timings and it may effectively be an express from Lymm to Knutsford, as it might not stop at a single bus stop on the way. But it does have a 45 minute journey time. I wonder whether the X5 should follow the same route as the 47 between Broomedge and Warrington?

As the X5 will now run Little Bollington-Broomedge-Lymm, does that mean the 191 Lymm Shopper will be deemed surplus to requirements?

I also think they'll need to review the 12:20 High Legh to Warrington 47 journey as it'll leave Broomedge 2 minutes after the X5 and the 47 doesn't always pick up or drop off anyone in High Legh. The 09:40 Knutsford to Warrington journey fits nicely between the X5 journeys and provides an additional journey at a time when a lot of bus pass holders want to travel.

The 47 only runs that way because it's a supported service though, so I doubt there will be any changes to the 47 to account for the X5.
The only thing I can see happening is people possibly getting confused between the two services if they run together or arrive in the wrong order, "Is this one the new bus service?" It probably won't matter anyway as people jumping on will probably want to go to either Lymm or Warrington, possibly Grappenhall, anyway, but there might be a little confusion at least initially.
I guess that type of thing always happens with service changes though.

When there was a 35 service (or indeed a previous 37 service run by another company), I think the Lymm Shopper also kept going, so I doubt there would be a change there either.
I think that shopping service goes to many other places too, such as around estates around Oughtrington.

Incidentally, it would be nice if there could be some kind of advertising showing where to alight from the X5 for Dunham Massey Park since that will be the closest service Warrington run, passing a few minutes' walk from the southern edge of the park.