North West Bus Service Changes due to Coronavirus outbreak

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North West Bus Service Changes due to Coronavirus outbreak

19/03/2020, 21:44 Post: #2
	SF07 Alexander ALX200	Joined: May 2012

RE: North west bus service changes due to coronavirus outbreak
Latest updates from operators and TfGM about services in North West from next week (23 March):

Arriva: No details yet provided. An emergency timetable will be in place from 23 March though.
Diamond: Following services will change (other services unchanged):
- 8: Every 12 minutes weekday daytime and every 15 minutes Saturday daytime.
- 36: Every 12 minutes weekday daytime and every 20 minutes Saturday daytime.
- 37: Every 12 minutes weekday daytime and every 20 minutes Saturday daytime.
- 162/163: Every 12 minutes weekday daytime and every 15 minutes Saturday daytime. 162 to run 2 per hour at peak-times on weekdays.
- 471: Every 12 minutes weekday daytime and every 20 minutes Saturday daytime.
- 524: Every 12 minutes weekday daytime and every 20 minutes Saturday daytime.
- 575: Saturday service reduced to every 20 minutes
- 582: Every 12 minutes weekday daytime and every 15 minutes Saturday daytime.
- X8/X39: Peak-time services will not run on weekdays.
First Manchester: Saturday service will be operate on weekdays on Oldham depot services with some extra morning journeys. Vantage will continue with a weekday service for another week but will change from 30 March.
First West Yorkshire: Saturday service will be operate on weekdays on services 588, 589 and 590 in Greater Manchester.
Go North West: Most services will operate a Sunday service during weekdays and Saturdays with extra weekday morning journeys. The following services will run a different service:
- 33: Monday-Saturday service reduced to hourly only between Worsley, Eccles and Manchester.
- 52: Service will run later journeys from Trafford Centre.
- 93: Increased to half-hourly on Sundays.
- 95: Service will run an a summer holiday timetable on weekdays.
- X63: Peak-time journeys remain unchanged. Off-peak journeys between Heywood and Manchester will not run (pre-January timetable).
Stagecoach MCSL (Cheshire area): Saturday service except for:
- 1/1A (Blacon): Special timetable with Arriva, operating every 30 mins on each route
- 1/X1 (Chester-Liverpool): Special timetable operating every 30 mins on each route.
- 8: No service
- 15/15A (Blacon): Saturday timetable with no journeys from Arriva
- 16: Saturday service but no journey at 2200.
- DB4: Normal service
Stagecoach MCSL (Lancashire area): Saturday service except for service 315, which is running a weekday service. Service 125 will run a Saturday service but also serve Walton Summit. Services 1A, 4C, 9 and X8 aren't running, while no journeys after midnight on services 1 and 3.
Stagecoach MCSL (Merseyside area): Saturday service except:
- 1/X1 (Chester-Liverpool): Special timetable operating every 30 mins on each route.
- 14/14A/14B: Saturday service with some journeys on service 14B.
- 19: Saturday service with some extra morning journeys.
- 38, 80/81/82 (Wirral), 91, 97/98, 217/227, 315 and X3: Normal timetable (some minor changes on service X3)
- 41/42: Special timetable operating every 12 mins
- 471/472: Special timetable with Arriva, running similar to a Sunday service.
Stagecoach Manchester: A reduced weekday service will run, although "critical" routes will be maintained. (possibly might just be the holiday timetable used at Christmas/Summer). Weekend times remain unchanged.
Transdev: Saturday service running on weekdays on all services. The evening journeys on the X41 and the night bus journeys on the X43 will not run, while the fast peak-time journeys via Rochdale Road will not run.