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Largest Town with No Sunday Bus Services
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TheGrandWazoo
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No, but when you're quoting them as well as drivers regs, it might be confusing to someone less familiar.
martinsh
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Middlewich (and Winsford) now getting a Sunday bus service from 4th April !
http://www.dgbus.co.uk/assets/30_2020-04-04.pdf
http://www.dgbus.co.uk/assets/30_2020-04-04.pdf
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Have seen that new route.
On the subject of Cheshire East does anyone have any suggestion as to why routes such as 38 have survived on a Sunday as commercial operation whilst other routes in the Cheshire East area (eg Crewe to Shavington) have not? Is it to do with the demographics of the people living in those areas or the places served en route?
On the subject of Cheshire East does anyone have any suggestion as to why routes such as 38 have survived on a Sunday as commercial operation whilst other routes in the Cheshire East area (eg Crewe to Shavington) have not? Is it to do with the demographics of the people living in those areas or the places served en route?
Largest Town with No Sunday Bus Services
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(This is now locked) but some additional towns without a Sunday service
Since March 2020
Congleton 26,000 and Macclesfield 51,000
Contains Nuts
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Currently the whole of Cheshire East only has three Sunday bus services operating - the 3 from Crewe to Hanley, the 84 from Crewe to Chester, and the 199 from Buxton to Manchester Airport which passes into and out of Cheshire East on a three mile stretch of the A6 through Disley.
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Am surprised the Sunday 38 has not operated for over a year. Seem to recall it got withdrawn almost immediately when Covid struck last March and hasn't returned since, even when lockdown has been relaxed.
I know that all services have taken a hit over the last year but is there any reason as to why it might have been felt the Sunday 38 is no longer commercially viable when other services that were withdrawn for the initial lockdown got reinstated?
Or is it simply the numbers were low (in reality or in D&G's eyes) and Covid accelerated a decision to withdraw the service?
I know that all services have taken a hit over the last year but is there any reason as to why it might have been felt the Sunday 38 is no longer commercially viable when other services that were withdrawn for the initial lockdown got reinstated?
Or is it simply the numbers were low (in reality or in D&G's eyes) and Covid accelerated a decision to withdraw the service?
The latest Buses magazine has a page about Wilmslow and if it might become the largest town without buses in England.
Uttoxeter (pop 13,000) use to have two Sunday routes running every two hours (32A to Hanley, 401 to Burton) but both were withdrawn a few years back leaving no evening or Sunday routes.
City of Litchfield has fewer Sunday buses than I thought. According to bus times a hourly X3 to Birmingham and 10A to Walsall in the day.
Uttoxeter (pop 13,000) use to have two Sunday routes running every two hours (32A to Hanley, 401 to Burton) but both were withdrawn a few years back leaving no evening or Sunday routes.
City of Litchfield has fewer Sunday buses than I thought. According to bus times a hourly X3 to Birmingham and 10A to Walsall in the day.
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Not quite a date, but Dalesbus are quoting "Spring 2021" for the return of the 580/581.
Craven Connection Buses 75, 81, 82, 580, 581 & 583
Craven Connection Buses 75, 81, 82, 580, 581 & 583
www.dalesbus.org
Not sure if this has been said already, but Fleet in Hampshire hardly has a Sunday service. Funnily enough, there are three routes: two of which are by the same number (7) but operated by Stagecoach (south of the town) and Reading Buses (north) in seperate sections - it's a long story. Another route (10) is a devolved (so to speak) after being formed from one third of the old route 30 to Basingstoke.
TheGrandWazoo
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Staffordshire cut it's supported services a while back and whilst Uttoxeter is indeed bereft, Cannock (population 30,000) is also bus free on a Sunday.
However, they are looking to secure government funds to enable routes to return https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/supported_bus_services_202021#incoming-1593183 with Uttoxeter getting services to Hanley, Burton and Ashbourne.
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Cannock has the X51 on Sunday which was introduced very recently.
jacksmithyton
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There is a way to reintroduce these withdrawn services without spending billions. Simply make funding bus services a legal requirement for councils, in the same way that social care is legally protected...
And where does the money come from?
The 358 from Stockport to Hayfield also serves a tiny section of Cheshire East which sticks up between Greater Manchester and Derbyshire. There are only 2 stops in both directions and I doubt many people use them. There is an hourly service on Sunday including evenings.
TheGrandWazoo
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Two weeks ago, I see. No wonder it passed me by so thanks for correcting me.
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Thanks for the link. Glad to see that there is a possibility of more Sunday services in Staffordshire. The Swift if certainly an interesting one as I don't think that has ever had a Sunday service through to Uttoxeter.
station_road
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That link is from last Summer though- Cheshire East was also allocated funding to increase some Sunday services last year (including a Sunday bus to Middlewich for the first time in years) but after Covid hit spent the money on subsidising existing services instead.
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