Arriva North West - Winsford Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot

(12/12/2017 16:04)dca529x Wrote:  The frequency cut doesn't exactly encourage use, especially with the CEC cuts on their way.

Overall disappointing. The managed decline continues.

At the Manchester end there's tickets available which allow you to travel on Stagecoach in to Manchester and Arriva back. However, at the Macclesfield end there's no tickets available which let you travel on Arriva in one direction and Howards in the opposite direction and even if there were the 27 won't plug gaps left by Arriva between Macclesfield and Broken Cross/AstraZeneca, the 27 will run just ahead of or just behind a 130 service.

At least the Arriva times consider afternoon visiting hours at Macclesfield Hospital, something Cheshire East council overlooked with their proposed route 'E' who think anyone from Chelford/Knutsford visiting relatives in hospital can wait around for 2 hours at the end of visiting hours, just to prevent them having to award a separate school bus contract.