Stagecoach Manchester

[gilbert]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(10/04/2017 11:41)knutstransport Wrote:  According to the Wilmslow Guardian, the Wilmslow extension of the 378 costed Stagecoach £150,000 a year to run and they only took £40,000 in revenue from running that extension, so they said a £110,000 subsidy was required to keep it running.

As mentioned in the D&G thread the replacement for Wilmslow is going to be a Mon-Fri only Wilmslow-Lacey Green-Handforth-Handforth Dean service operated by D&G from their new Wincham facility.

''At yesterday’s meeting, councillors were told that to continue the service between Grove Lane and Wilmslow would cost Stagecoach £150,000 – and to continue the service it would require a subsidy from CEC of £110,000, which Cllr Watkins admits is ‘unlikely’.

Cllr Cynthia Samson, chairman of Handforth Parish Council, added: “It seems very expensive.


“It’s 6.1 miles from Stockport to Grove Lane, and only 3.1 miles from Grove Lane to Wilmslow.

“But Stagecoach said that it is the Wilmslow service which loses money, and at the end of the day it is a commercial business.”''


Councillor Samson's mileage figures are somewhat questionable to put it mildly.