Arriva North West - Winsford Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot

(02/03/2020 09:38)mikestone Wrote:  Why would Wythenshaw make sense- vehicles could be swopped from Winsford by using the 38 but Wythenshaw means dead mileage and finding a driver, and would also mean both managements would have to deal with Cheshire East.

But Winsford vehicles go to Runcorn for servicing now so if they want to keep dead mileage to a minimum the vehicles would have do something like Macclesfield >> Crewe >> Northwich as part of their normal workings.

I wonder if Arriva submitted a bid for the 88/89 contract and if they did how and had won it whether things would have been different as that would have made it easy to get Wythenshawe vehicles in and out of Macc without any dead mileage - given Wythenshawe run a number of services to/from Altrincham. It might have also meant the 130 remained more viable as Arriva day tickets would have been better value for money in North East Cheshire.