Warrington's Own Buses

[Valandil]

RE: WBT Network Warrington

(18/07/2013 20:04)SF07 Wrote:  Looks like a major reduction of journeys between Leigh and Warrington from early September, as being reported in the documents for TfGM's Bus Committee meeting.

The changes will take place on Saturdays plus off-peak weekday journeys and sees the 19 reduced to hourly, the 28 curtailed to run between Warrington and Culcheth and the 28A withdrawn.

http://www.transportforgreatermanchester...us_network

Thanks for passing this on!
The proposal is interesting, particularly as it sounds like there will be twice as many buses from Warrington to Leigh (and vice versa) in the evenings and on Sundays than there will be MS daytime!

However the 19 and 28 are timed, I am fairly confident that it will not work out symmetrically, being 'every half hour to Culcheth' or anything like that: the timings just don't work.
I imagine that residents of Culcheth would then see it as having one bus an hour, ignoring the 28.

These routes are interesting, particularly as they have been partially converted to being double-deck-operated relatively recently (over the last couple of years).
They always were far more in demand in the peaks, and wouldn't pick up many people during the day.

That said, I would not be surprised if we see other large reductions in service over the coming months.
(Hands up all those who would prefer to sacrifice the 17 if that would mean keeping routes the public rely on a bit more!)