Arriva North West - Winsford Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot

(12/12/2017 20:33)Brickmill Wrote:  Being pedantic; GMPTE ceased to exist some time ago; the equivalent (for now) is Transport for Greater Manchester. Also, the City Council control movements within Parker Street (Piccadilly Gardens) as it is on-street, not TFGM property. 8 minutes is quite generous, as normally it would be five and if the City Council wanted to be awkward (not for the first time), they could limit it to two minutes.
The theory being (and this is the Traffic Commissioner's policy rather than LAs) that Operators should schedule the journey itself as accurately as possible, so they shouldn't depend on "exces" stand time at termini.

The GM reference was tongue in cheek. The ego needs puncturing occasionally as the desperation to be like London (odd) is amusing. As for council/LA input, obviously such restrictions work against reliability measures and demonstrate a singular disinterest or ignorance in the reality of bus operation. As for TC 'policy' that would be rater nice if they bothered to enforce it. When it comes to running time, that should indeed reflect the time of day, this just doesn't, with Mon - Fri off peak and all day Saturday constant at 110 mins. So, with that little lot, its no wonder the route is in such a downward spiral