Arriva North West - Winsford Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot
Arriva have started running 2 school services from Winsford to St Nicholas High School - one is via Wharton, the other is via Whitegate. The services are provided on a commercial basis.

Slightly off-topic the below was sent out in a letter by the school at the end of the last academic year relating to one of the problems that can occur when schools pupils rely on a commercial services that have a single working in each direction.

Quote:The bus company operating the two bus routes from Middlewich and Holmes Chapel
has decided to deregister both routes, and has registered a single route covering the
same area. Ideally this would have been done in consultation with both the school
and parents, and the alternative bus route and timetable should have been issued,
before the changes happened. Unfortunately this hasn't happened, but school have
requested the revised bus route and timetable from the bus company, and this is
now attached.

The bus currently being used on this route does have a maximum capacity of 70, as
stipulated on the plate displayed on the bus itself, and there have been a number of
occasions where the bus has appeared over crowded. In order to avoid this
situation, and to ensure the continued safety of the students, a member of school
staff will check the bus each night to ensure it is not over capacity, and if it is , a
minibus will be provided to ensure students can get home. The bus operator has
purchased a new bus to operate this route with a greater capacity, so this issue
should be resolved from September.

The operator in question was Barratts Coaches.