Recent content by SeanM1997

Looks like the first southbound is 36 will come empty from Crewe... which to me seems very wasteful

First Potteries new timetables from 28th April: https://www.firstbus.co.uk/potteries/plan-journey/timetables?date=2024-04-28&page=1

They have never mentioned any sort of improvement on the Shrewsbury - Manchester corridor since Welsh Government took over the franchise. Yet, they previously mentioned the Welsh Marches line was the only profitable line they operate: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-66244272 So my...

Its a shame TfW are not looking to significantly improve their English services. If they operated an hourly Crewe-Shrewsbury stopper (increasing from every 2 hours as of today) as well as the hourly Manchester-South Wales service, it would help to relieve overcrowding on the long distance...

West Midlands Railway's priorities are a little confusing to me The Liverpool - Birmingham service remains hourly most of the time on weekdays with only extras in the peak Crewe - Stoke - Stafford remains as this service instead of via Tame Bridge, with that path being used by the new...

D&G are proposing to vary route no. 31 (Crewe - Winsford - Northwich) from 3 June 2024. Unclear at this stage what the variation is: https://www.vehicle-operator-licensing.service.gov.uk/search/find-registered-local-bus-services/details/621861/

6 Hanley - Longton From 29th April a new journey on service 6 will commence running from Hanley to Longton at 0715 Monday to Friday. This is funded by Stoke-on-Trent City Council through the Bus Service Improvement Plan. All other journeys on service 6 continue to be operated by First...

You can use contactless on all buses in Cheshire East

https://dgbus.co.uk/assets/8_2024-05-05.pdf https://dgbus.co.uk/assets/100_2024-05-05.pdf

Next one will be timetable changes on 49 and 82 from 2 April (although timetables not on D&G website yet) There could be some S106 funding for routes across Cheshire and Staffordshire soon - so I would assume D&G may bid for some of those routes I suspect when the 312 S106 funding ends, part...

Did you hear anything for why the 130 could be changing?

https://www.warringtonsownbuses.co.uk/network-changes/5b4e4570-7fd3-4760-9016-465722840ffd

Warrington's Own Buses to launch a new N3 route between Northwich - Moulton - Northwich (circular) operating hourly Monday - Friday between 0955 and 1358 from 2 April 2024: https://www.warringtonsownbuses.co.uk/services/WBTR/N3?date=2024-04-12&direction=outbound...

Another option would be to operate the opposite timings to the N4 to Leftwich, given the N4 doesn't do early morning/later afternoon services xx:50 Northwich, xx:59 Leftwich Old Hall Primary School, xx:06 Kingsmead, Sir John's College, xx:12 Northwich Arriva operated Leftwich half-hourly so...

What will be interesting is how this works - as at the moment the 49 (Rudheath only) uses the 82 bus. This won't be possible meaning an extra bus will be required as well as a 40 minute break in service - which does seem wasteful if not doing anything Weaverham - Northwich will be: xx:07 49...