Arriva North West - Winsford Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot

(12/12/2017 16:04)dca529x Wrote:  Hmm, some interesting bits with this.
Increased layover/recovery at Macc - about time
Running time broadly the same - still only 8 mins in Manchester - not enough, but prob down to GMPTE restrictions.

The unattractive peak frequency widening continues, as they seem unwilling to put in extra resource.

The last bus out of Macc on Saturday still ridiculously early, which goes through to Manchester, but doesn't have a return working. Dead all the way back to Macc?. Wasteful.
Could of squeezed two Wilmslow shorts out of that, with a later Macc departure.

The frequenc cut doesn't exactly encourage use, especially with the CEC cuts on their way.

Overall disappointing. The managed decline continues.

Being pedantic; GMPTE ceased to exist some time ago; the equivalent (for now) is Transport for Greater Manchester. Also, the City Council control movements within Parker Street (Piccadilly Gardens) as it is on-street, not TFGM property. 8 minutes is quite generous, as normally it would be five and if the City Council wanted to be awkward (not for the first time), they could limit it to two minutes.
The theory being (and this is the Traffic Commissioner's policy rather than LAs) that Operators should schedule the journey itself as accurately as possible, so they shouldn't depend on "exces" stand time at termini.