Diamond Bus North West

[gilesbus1]

RE: Diamond Bus North West

(17/09/2019 18:04)SF07 Wrote:  X8 registration mentions Monday-Friday only, so suggests it'll be a peak-time express service only. Also mentions it runs via Farnworth and Pendlebury, so I would imagine it'll run limited stop along the existing 8 route and then miss out Irlams o'th' Heights and possibly Salford Shopping Centre.

The 34 is a TfGM change, where the evening service will replace the 26 and match Stagecoach's existing daytime route. So, it will still be two 34 routes in Leigh. The 35 being withdrawn by TfGM too.

There is really little point in keeping a 35 in anycase when the V2 and the new Diamond 34 and 36/37 and 38 duplicate many stages on it, and no daytime service operates between Roe Green and and Swinton along Worsley Road in any case.

As for the 34 it makes perfect logic as there is no point running an evening and Sunday service where there is no Monday to Saturday daytime version. In fact TfGM's main aim should be to keep daytime services going not little used evening services, although I accept generally the evening service is poor generally, but it does my goat when there is no daytime version yet they keep funding an evening service despite the daytime route having been withdrawn.