The Mobberley bound stop just before Shaw Heath PO used to be the only Mobberley bound stop on Mobberley Rd, until Cheshire County Council put the second one near Oakleigh Ave. The Shaw Heath PO one should really have been moved to the other side of the PO where there's room for a bus layby as well. Given they didn't make it accessible I suspect there was a plan to move it and it never materialised.
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The Mobberley bound stop just before Shaw Heath PO used to be the only Mobberley bound stop on Mobberley Rd, until Cheshire County Council put the second one near Oakleigh Ave. The Shaw Heath PO one should really have been moved to the other side of the PO where there's room for a bus layby as well. Given they didn't make it accessible I suspect there was a plan to move it and it never materialised.
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I still like both where they are and will continue to as long as I live here.
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Hope nobody minds me asking this but can anyone remember whenabouts the old Service 20 route (Crewe to Hanley) got replaced by the 3?
martinsh
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Judging by my old photos, sometime between June 2014 and February 2015.
Route is actually the same of course (minus Leighton Hospital bit now), just a different number.
For many years it was the 320 of course
Same as the 20 in its current form. When it was first launched as the 3 it was a mammoth route from Leighton Hospital to Madeley, via the World. Most journeys however worked either Leighton - Keele via Hanley or Talke - Madeley via Hanley. Unreliability, bunching and overcrowding on the Keele end saw it re-split in Hanley and the 25 Hanley-Keele reinstated as a standalone route, with the Madeley - Keele section dropped altogether (though Madeley having 5 buses per hour in the day combined with D&G was always a bit overkill - now they have just one).
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Thanks ever so much to those that have taken the time to explain. I had no idea that the 3 ever extended beyond Hanley to Keele/Madely. Out of interest was there a higher frequency between Crewe and Hanley back then than there is now?
I read something online once suggesting that in October 2013 the "Haslington Village extension" was dropped from the 20. Does that mean the 20 didn't serve Haslington at all for a time or did it previously serve more of the village (as per the 38) and from October 2013 revert to its current route (eg between Crewe Road and Slaughter Hill)?
I read something online once suggesting that in October 2013 the "Haslington Village extension" was dropped from the 20. Does that mean the 20 didn't serve Haslington at all for a time or did it previously serve more of the village (as per the 38) and from October 2013 revert to its current route (eg between Crewe Road and Slaughter Hill)?
Network Warrington have cancelled their 23, 23A, 25A and 25B services from April but as yet no revision for the 47 registered despite withdrawal of Cheshire East funding, so maybe they'll keep the High Legh extension? If so a shame they haven't extended to Knutsford, given they'll no other services between High Legh and Knutsford when the 289 goes and it wouldn't cost much to extend.
Xenophon PCDGS
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"Cost" as I have emboldened in your posting being the operative word.
Yes. However, it seems they have the vehicle + driver available between a morning and afternoon school run, while adding a Knutsford extension would not require an additional vehicle or the prevent the existing driver taking statutory breaks. Therefore the extra cost is really the diesel burned between going from High Legh to Knutsford and back which shouldn't require that many passengers to recoup.
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What was up with it?
It sounded like it was over revving.
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Not surprised being a streetlite
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Macclesfield bus station will be closed on Sundays and Bank Holidays from April 1st. All remaining buses (38,5,6,58 - 2 buses in practice) will use Bay 9.
Xenophon PCDGS
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[sarcasm]That of course will be the bay 9 with its superb waiting space for prospective travellers[/sarcasm]..
Its a step up on what Wigan's got while the bus station there is redeveloped...[sarcasm]That of course will be the bay 9 with its superb waiting space for prospective travellers[/sarcasm]..
Xenophon PCDGS
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But Macclesfield certainly has one. Do you remember the down-at-heel bus station we once had that was near the railway station?
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Is a SystemOne bus ticket valid on the 88 between Altrincham and Wilmslow?
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Altrincham & The Airport
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Where on the 88 route does the SystemOne become invalid?
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The last stop just before the runway 1 tunnel.
ys123
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Wilmslow Bank Square, despite it being beyond the GM boundary. See tickets page on D&G Bus website for confirmation, my phone won't let me post the link.
It used to be that after contracts were awarded the number of bidders for each service and the winning bidder for each service and the value of each contract were made public. This time all Cheshire East have said is the total value of all new contracts is £6m and 11 operators (who are all SMEs) submitted bids.
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Does that mean that Arriva didn't bid then ?
Summer 2014 I think. I spent a lot of time visiting Leighton Hospital in August 2014 and I recall the liveried vehicles being prominent and new.
I also recall it serving the hospitals of both Crewe and N Staffs - which may have been a source of some confusion. "Is this the hospital bus?"
I remember it well; I used it daily from around January 1977 until 1980 to get from Bollington to Manchester and back. It was perfectly located for my needs; I used to get the 16:23 from Manchester to Macclesfield and probably caught the 16:45 bus to Bollington two times out of three. On the third occasion, I agree, the bus station wasn't that interesting a place to wait even for 15 minutes so I used to walk along Hibel Road and catch the 17:00 departure en route.
All High Peak services suspended in Cheshire and Greater Manchester.
Howards have suspended the 27 service - not sure why as A537 is open between Knutsford and Macclesfield and Arriva are operating 130 services. If it's a problem serving Over Peover they could miss out that section and most passengers wouldn't be affected.
Howards have suspended the 27 service - not sure why as A537 is open between Knutsford and Macclesfield and Arriva are operating 130 services. If it's a problem serving Over Peover they could miss out that section and most passengers wouldn't be affected.
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