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    Blackpool North: The most unfriendly station in the country?

    There are a few moans about Blackpool North on Trip Adviser.com and what I have gleaned from them is this BPN is the ICAO code for an obscure airfield in Nepal Re: Blackpool North Station If you have gone through the Complaints Procedure, and you are not satisfied with the response you have...
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    Cheshire Bus News (was East Cheshire Bus News)

    Warrington is a unitary authority.
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    Temporary Closure for Rose Hill Marple

    Styal Station has been is closed temporarily, it is on the Crewe-airport-Piccadilly line, it is again closure by stealth as Cheshire East will be OK with that, it will then become a freight line.
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    TfGM-website, timetable updates and general news concerning TfGM bus stations.

    I took a glance at this, everything is 60 plus minutes out of date https://bustimes.org/map#13/53.3951/-2.2413
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    Cheshire Bus News (was East Cheshire Bus News)

    Real time trains show no services at present, no doubt normal service will be resumed soon when the new norm happens, a lot of new homes are going to appear in that area.
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    Cheshire Bus News (was East Cheshire Bus News)

    the 313 bus goes down the A555 MAELR SEMMMS Rd through Handforth but does not leave the A555, and Handforth, and Wilmslow, especially Wilmslow do actually have a very good rail service, and the trains are well used. does the micro Digi bus still serves Lacy Green? The NT Styal station is no...
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    Cheshire Bus News (was East Cheshire Bus News)

    I stumbled on this instead of a kerb BusesRealTime https://bustimes.org/map#16/53.4712/-2.2379 or https://bustimes.org/map#13/53.26/-2.1063
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    Cheshire Bus News (was East Cheshire Bus News)

    Do you have any idea of the exact year
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    Cheshire Bus News (was East Cheshire Bus News)

    but you have to walk back to the station after, that is a fair trek, uphill, and not a nice one, in fact it is as bad as Macc railway station to Macc bus station .
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    Cheshire Bus News (was East Cheshire Bus News)

    rail into manch', then bus picc' to the doorstep of the christie (and there are lots f,f&f) easy peasy The Christie is not at all car friendly though one does get a good view of the tower cranes in skyscraper city from the top of the car park.
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    Cheshire Bus News (was East Cheshire Bus News)

    Surely there must be some money from Section 106 grants, or is it being trousered by CEC
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    Cheshire Bus News (was East Cheshire Bus News)

    The SEMMMS; A555; Manchester airport eastern link road now seems to be more like a haul road for stone wagons coming out of the Peak district, which is good for Stockport.
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    35 Minute Frequency

    Dwygyfylchi, going back many many years, the mid 50s, a small bus use to go to this village from Penmaenmawr, it was dark green, had a long bonnet (Bedford?) and was a bit unreliable, and underpowered, also it was only two or three times a day; if that. The driver/owner was Mr Kimber who lived...
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    Cheshire Bus News (was East Cheshire Bus News)

    or need to go to specsavers
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    Cheshire Bus News (was East Cheshire Bus News)

    Has anyone had problems using the ENCTS disabled pass, the one with the gold or yellow band, such as the drivers or inspectors not seeing one before and querying it with purpose and causing the holder to have a panic attack and not bothering to renew and to prefer to part with several pounds a...
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    Cheshire Bus News (was East Cheshire Bus News)

    -QUOTE="spargazer, post: 3638583, member: 15038"]Piffle, East Didsbury is irrelevant, a red herring, we are dealing with bus services within CEC boundaries. CEC does not have a transport strategy that involves buses, all they talk about is SEMMMMMS...
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    Cheshire Bus News (was East Cheshire Bus News)

    Piffle, East Didsbury is irrelevant, a red herring, we are dealing with bus services within CEC boundaries. CEC does not have a transport strategy that involves buses, all they talk about is SEMMMMMS https://www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/public_transport/local_transport_plan/local_transport_plan.aspx
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    Cheshire Bus News (was East Cheshire Bus News)

    I am so glad I live in Manchester, I see the difficulties that these cuts are causing and it is all through the meanness of CEC. They spend lots on flower pots, executive cars, footpath widening and cycle lanes but not on this, section 26 should be applied when new developments take place. I...
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    Cheshire Bus News (was East Cheshire Bus News)

    Not everyone has a car, or an ENCTS card and may live a long way from a train station, The 130 goes through a lot of places en-route, just in case you have not noticed ie Alderley Park, Handforth & Colshaw Farm, Lacy Green, Henbury and Macclesfield General Hospital, and not just Manchester or...

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