Arriva North West - St Helens Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot

(06/09/2022 15:40)St Helens Rider Wrote:  I notice the 17's reliability has plummeted since the change. This afternoon seen two running within 2 minutes of each other towards the Town Centre at Marshalls Cross. Generally services have been at least 10-20 minutes late. Not surprising given no extra time has been given for the detour round Sutton Manor.

Are they using Solo SRs, or are larger vehicles perhaps getting stuck trying to go around the estates, making them get further behind time?

I agree with those who mentioned the 32 getting extended instead because that would be at the end of the route so not inconvenience any existing passengers on either route.
Stopping running cross-town and just having different services which interwork, or bolting different pairs of routes on opposite sides of town together would mean that the extra running time wouldn't cause such a problem.
Or is it even necessary to go around that loop so frequently anyway?