Howards/Springfield

[knutstransport]

RE: Howards/Springfield

(09/08/2016 09:32)knutstransport Wrote:  I see the Howards 27A services won't serve AstraZeneca which will actually benefit most people given how much AstraZeneca have scaled back their operations and that they no longer provide a subsidy for the 27 service unlike they did when Bakerbus ran a hourly service using brand new Wright Cadets. I'm not sure what High Peak did but a number of GHA drivers missed out AstraZeneca on the 16:45 Knutsford to Macclesfield anyway presumably they simply didn't have room for more than one or two extra passengers to board the bus* and the people from Macclesfield who worked at AstraZeneca would likely have held Arriva weekly tickets and travelled on the 130 route.

I've noticed Howards have revised the timetable so the 27A services not only go via AstraZeneca but go via Over Peover as well, so what were 35-40 minute journey times between Knutsford and Macclesfield in the original timetable they published are now 45-55 minute journey times in the revised one with some services being timetabled to run 5-10 minutes later/earlier due to the extended journey times.