Greater Manchester Service Changes

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RE: Greater Manchester Service Changes

(03/08/2021 12:17)dounowhoiam Wrote:  Looking at the PlusBus website, the Airport isn't one of the Interchange stations supported and is not accepted at as many bus operators as the System One network.

That's a strange one if true as it's a Greater Manchester Plusbus scheme and the airport station is just inside the GM boundary. I do know you can't buy a GM Plusbus ticket if both your origin and destination station are within GM so if you tried to search for Manchester to Altrincham Plus Bus it would come up that no fares are available.

Quote:As Job Centre travel (previously been brought up) has been one of the targets for the 130, that would constitute as an essential journey. Is the range provided by this Flexilink service able to cater for this (in terms of area it covers, time it runs and capacity of five passengers) to replace a bus service that is used.

Are 5 seats a special COVID reduced capacity? If so that might not still be in force.

It really depends who is uncatered for through other services. If it's for the purpose of taking everyone from Handforth, Colshaw Farm and Wilmslow to a job centre then possibly not, as for one the advisors can't book everyone from those areas in for appointments at similar times but if it's because only Nether Alderley is unserved then possibly.

Quote:The Free Bus was brought up as a slight route change to the 130 could make the Free Bus redundant (thus freeing extra resources).

The Free Bus is funded by Tesco and M&S. It'll only be dropped if Tesco and M&S decide it's not worth funding for the number of extra customers it brings in.