Stagecoach MCSL - Chester & Wirral Depots

[clarkethomas94]

RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral

(21/02/2018 10:03)iMarkeh Wrote:  https://t.co/Vchv0PLzAa - new 5/5a timetable. Still not a standard timetable and the Stanney 5A is a right mess. Route 5 now takes an extra 15 minutes.
Both routes interwork with PVR 3

I can't see this working. The whole reason the SPs don't work fully at the minute is that the times change every hour. How hard is it to have a route with 55 minutes running time each way, run hourly. Pvr 2. It isn't rocket science. It is completely doable and would get loads more passengers. Messing around with times each hour puts people off. I don't see why no one realises that.

No the reason the SP's don't work at the minute is because the timings are too tight. You simply can not go from the port to mold via cheshire oaks and deeside industrial estate in an hour. If you look at the timetable at the minute it gives it 5 minutes to get to the oaks from the port (X8,1 and X2 get 8), 28 minutes from the port to asda queensferry. You only have to lose time at cheshire oaks and the A5117 during rush hour and even during the day up towards costco still gets quite busy. Then theres the industrial park. There's not enough time to get round there. I suggest you go on an SP and do the full round trip then report back how long it took you and then we'll see if your theory stands up. Have a look at the timetable for the timing points. 10 minutes to get from industrial estate to cheshire oaks? You struggle doing that in a car let alone a knackered old dart.