Bletchleyite
Veteran Member
Fair enough, thanks. I am in agreement that the comfort on Metrolink trams is inadequate - for the kind of system it is, a setup more like the Sheffield one with standee areas and a saloon for longer journeys would have been better. Indeed, with a high floor there's no need for the sort of layout they have chosen, it does look rather like they chose a low-floor design (with all the limitations they have) and then asked for it to be high-floored as is!
I don't *generally* support forcing changes, though I do support evening the keel somewhat to the fares being the same whatever mode or combination of modes you choose to use, and tweaking the bus routes for quality interchange i.e. running them into dedicated interchange facilities (in the kind of manner, say, the London 59 runs into Euston bus station rather than just turning right at the lights). That might mean through stopping buses are less popular (and so are trimmed a bit), it might not, but at least the passengers can decide that way.
For example, I'd have the 192 run via the station forecourt at Hazel Grove and Stockport for ease of interchange (possibly also Heaton Chapel and Levenshulme depending on the road layout), but I wouldn't bother splitting it up. (I'm not as familiar with the bus operations on the Marple corridor, I'm afraid).
I don't *generally* support forcing changes, though I do support evening the keel somewhat to the fares being the same whatever mode or combination of modes you choose to use, and tweaking the bus routes for quality interchange i.e. running them into dedicated interchange facilities (in the kind of manner, say, the London 59 runs into Euston bus station rather than just turning right at the lights). That might mean through stopping buses are less popular (and so are trimmed a bit), it might not, but at least the passengers can decide that way.
For example, I'd have the 192 run via the station forecourt at Hazel Grove and Stockport for ease of interchange (possibly also Heaton Chapel and Levenshulme depending on the road layout), but I wouldn't bother splitting it up. (I'm not as familiar with the bus operations on the Marple corridor, I'm afraid).
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