Stagecoach Gold for MCSL

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RE: Stagecoach Gold for MCSL

(03/04/2015 19:28)Dentonian Wrote:  "Growth"! What's that?
Seriously though. If the concept was to "kickstart" (pardon the ironic pun) services that had already been growing in patronage at some point, and presumably is for routes with average speeds at least in double figures (mph), the scope in GM would certainly be restricted. The only one that springs to mind would be the X50.

If two of the criteria for Gold services are high average speed and a frequency of less the four buses per hour then surely the only routes worth considering are semi-express ones and as none exist apart from the X8 they would need to be introduced. I've suggested this before but the only possibility is to extend the X3 to Wigan via Skelmersdale and make it limited stop. Yes, I know, that ain't going to happen.