LOL The Irony
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Lack of drivers due to snow & ice?
What's the point of that then?D&G are to run a new 87 service which will be a circular route of Knutsford Bus Station-Lilac Avenue-Queensway-Manchester Road-Knutsford Bus Station with just two services per day Mon-Fri. It will be worked by the same vehicles and drivers which work the 88A service.
What's the point of that then?
Well it's not D&G
I'd rather walk across hot coals than take a D&G shed driven by a moron who drives 10 under the limit and hits every curb and pothole. So paying 95 pence extra is no problem .You'll have to pay 95p extra for the privilege. (Assuming fares don't change.)
Oooooh. Also have you recived the stupidly over complicated new timetable for the 88 ect. yet?According to a post on another forum the reason the Metrocity has disappeared from the 289 for the past few weeks is because Cheshire West fined Howards for using vehicles on the 48 which don't comply the contract, so they moved the Metrocity to the 48 route.
Also have you recived the stupidly over complicated new timetable for the 88 ect. yet?
That's the one.I've picked up a copy of the Cheshire East version (the yellow A5 leaflet) which has a separate table for the 88 and 88A and makes no mention of the 87 service.
Sounds like Cheshire East to meI notice Cheshire East haven't updated bus stop displays in Knutsford, hence the bus station is utter confusion this morning.
I notice Cheshire East haven't updated bus stop displays in Knutsford, hence the bus station is utter confusion this morning.
Apparrently so according to my Mother.I don't think they've done any of the 88 route yet! Was a mess at Wilmslow Rail Station too.
Especially a pain now as the 88 takes two routes through Knutsford - we had to wait and see which was which at about 5 yesterday!
Or tell d&g to scrap the 88a and use a smaller bus on the 300...The bus stops in Knutsford have now had their times updated. I notice Cheshire East have decided on listing the services as 88 Altrincham and 88A Colshaw Drive, Wheelock Close - 99% of the people living in Knutsford will have no idea where latter is! 88 Altrincham via Wilmslow and 88A Wilmslow (Colshaw Farm) via Longridge Estate would be far more useful!
The 17:05 is an 88A so doesn't call at stops on Mobberley Road - the closest alternatives are Manor Park North/Lowe Drive, Longridge (opposite Trading Estate) and the lamp post by the 4 bungalows on Shaw Drive opposite St John's Court (despite the lack of a bus stop sign), the 17:35 is 88 so calls at the stops on Mobberley Road.
I've suggested the Shaw Heath Post Office stops should be moved to the other side of the Longridge Junction (closer to the Business Park) so that both the 88 and 88A stops at the same stop but apparently Cheshire East aren't going to bother to review if bus stops are in the best place or not.
Or tell d&g to scrap the 88a and use a smaller bus on the 300...
The main problem with it being empty only happened at nightIf they scrap the 88A then Wilmslow-Knutsford will go hourly with a 90 minute gap in the morning peak because someone at Cheshire East thought the 188 service should be operated by the same vehicles that operate the 88 contract.
I'm also not sure a smaller bus will be more practical. I've seen a 33 seater Streetlite operating the 300 with standing room only and I've also seen 300 services running empty. The 300 could also be subject to severe late running whenever there was an accident on the M6 and all the M6 traffic tried to use the A50, so I think running a half-hourly service with a single bus is the main issue, not whether the bus has 15 seats or 50 seats.
The main problem with it being empty only happened at night
Well the 188 ends at the end of July.If they scrap the 88A then Wilmslow-Knutsford will go hourly with a 90 minute gap in the morning peak because someone at Cheshire East thought the 188 service should be operated by the same vehicles that operate the 88 contract
Well the 188 ends at the end of July.