Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot

(Today 10:38)MTL0201 Wrote:  I posted this on another forum but anyway, i'm not sure about Arriva's plans for interworking the 360 with the X30 when the 360 moves to Runcorn is a good idea.

I was on the X30 yesterday [11.03 from Warrington to Chester] the M56 westbound was gridlocked with a lot of the traffic migrating to the A56 through Preston Brook as an alternative, making the A56 & surrounding roads gridlocked as well, then add in congestion on the Hoole Road, that the X30 i was on arrived at Chester 40 minutes late at 13.06 [should have arrived at 12.26]. The return from Chester [which should have departed 12.31] was about 40 late throughout too & arrived in Warrington at 14.37 instead of 13.59.

It then struck me anytime the M56 goes belly up between Runcorn & the M53, traffic then migrates causing chaos to the A56 [& nearby roads] thus causes havoc with reliability to the X30, which will make things fun when the X30 interworks with the 360.

I don’t see the 360 lasting long term with the 322 & 612 about to cover the whole route.