Warrington's Own Buses

[Y458 KNF]

RE: Warrington's Own Buses
Do Warrington have any school/college routes that are likely to be part of franchising?

[knutstransport]

RE: Warrington's Own Buses
Their school and college routes are listed on bus times - number 249 onwards (ignore the three works contracts)
https://bustimes.org/operators/warringtons-own-buses

[Valandil]

RE: Warrington's Own Buses
September service changes:
https://www.warringtonsownbuses.co.uk/se...-changes-0

It's said again that only Metro tickets will be valid on service 322, not Warrington tickets, despite part of the route not being in Merseyside.
Surely it's a mistake where it says that 22A will be withdrawn from 31st October 2026 and that will happen when the 22 changes to 322 instead.

[Valandil]

RE: Warrington's Own Buses
The 22A really is continuing to operate, so for the moment we have both 322 and 22A in competition.
Worth noting that the 322 is appearing as a separate operator "Metro Network - Warrington's Own Buses" on BusTimes.
Not sure how this will work if there's interworking with other routes.

[knutstransport]

RE: Warrington's Own Buses

(Today 08:54)Valandil Wrote:  Worth noting that the 322 is appearing as a separate operator "Metro Network - Warrington's Own Buses" on BusTimes.

Which isn't consistent with Diamond Bus North West who now have 3 x Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Ilesbus i-City for the Cheshire West ITOD contract appearing under Bee Network - Diamond Bus North West. Although, saying that the ITOD is a demand responsive service, so it doesn't have a fixed timetable to display on bus times.

https://bustimes.org/operators/bee-netwo...b/vehicles

Looking at the 322 tracking today there's no interworking, but obviously it's a Sunday.

It's perhaps a bit strange if they're re-branding fairly new existing vehicles for Merseytravel Metro.