Stagecoach Manchester

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RE: Stagecoach Manchester

(16/12/2014 08:13)joe_alker Wrote:  168/9 running very late around 4pm yesterday, after a Trident left Ashton early I was left waiting for the 4.15pm bus which didn't turn up until 4.40pm and was 22144. Overtaken by a 168 and a 169 by the time got to Droylsden?

It may have had something to do with the chaos in Ashton bus station earlier on. I caught the 169 into Ashton just before 12 and it was bang on time but due to part of the bus station being closed for pedestrian crossing re-painting buses were queing for 10 minutes just to get on some stands. I saw the driver of a 346 driving round in circles over and over again trying to find a clear stand to alight his passengers.

I don't know if passenger numbers actually increase the week before Christmas - it certainly seems so, but it seems like a crazy time of the year to be closing any part of the bus station for maintenance.