Stagecoach Manchester

[joe_alker]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester

(12/01/2015 19:19)R971XVM Wrote:  I highly doubt there would be 50+ people waiting at the bus stop for a 168/9...

Simple, if 3 buses are late with 20 people waiting for each it adds up quickly.

(12/01/2015 19:19)R971XVM Wrote:  ...and if there's one bus already pulled over allowing passengers on there's no point in the two behind pulling in at the same time. That always got my goat when passengers try to flag the same numbered bus down even though one has pulled up.

Don't forget, the 168/9 are two different services. For the record, it was 1 168 and 2 169s. I heard a woman complaining that only the 168 was boarding but she needed a 169. Remember that after Belle Vue they go completely different routes.

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Personally I think that seen as a lot of the problems seem to be stemming from the Longsight/Levenshulme end of the route (apart from the Greenside Lane traffic lights, but those have always been crap) surely it would be best to split the route say at Belle Vue (I don't know how much difference apart from the Clockhouse in Droylsden there is between the two) so there are 3 services eg 168 Belle Vue - Chorlton 169 Belle Vue - S. Cemetery and 170 Belle Vue - Ashton. The routes are far too long anyway