Arriva North West - Winsford Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot

(11/08/2017 13:27)dca529x Wrote:  There some improvements :
Later departures from Manchester through to Macc on Mon - Sat
Very early departures from Macc to Manchester Mon - Fri, similarly on Sat, but not as early.
No doubt this reflects the all Macc allocation.

The peak service although hardly changed, is still a mess, with increased running time busting the clockface frequency, which doesn't bother me, but is hardly attractive to ordinary punters.

The 5 min layover at Macc during the midday period, one of the main causes of unreliability (lack of recovery) remains.

On Saturday the ridiculously last bus out of Macc stays at 1708, another disincentive to anybody working there and using the service for work.

Probably works nicely for driver duty efficiency and compilation though.

Overall, a disappointment.

With the 27 service being cut back so drastically in recent years it seems Arriva don't have to make any effort to get the Macclesfield to Macclesfield Hospital/Broken Cross/AstraZeneca passengers, as the 27 service is so unattractive in it's current form.