Stagecoach Manchester

[Mayneway]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(09/03/2017 08:46)St Helens Rider Wrote:  At least there was a daytime service to Manchester when First were but even they were reducing frequencies, Stagecoach appear to be continuing this. One explanation for this is maybe because being in the Manchester division, it's a bit of a geographical oddball - might have been a better fit if it had been put into Merseyside & South Lancashire. Another factor is the amount of dead mileage on most services to get vehicles to/from Bryn - this probably most of the local routes less profitable when extra fuel used is add in.

I suppose Vantage played a big part in stagcoach dropping the link to Manchester city centre. As for the drops in frequencies, that to a point is happening everywhere not just in Wigan. They seem to be cutting services left right and centre. 169 is one that I don't get at all, it's a busy service even during the day, yet they have cut it.