Stagecoach Manchester

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RE: Stagecoach Manchester

(13/01/2015 09:04)joe_alker Wrote:  Simple, if 3 buses are late with 20 people waiting for each it adds up quickly.


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

I don't understand why the buses are not stopping though. If a bus is in service and isn't full too capacity if you request it to stop it should stop - whether there's a bus already at the stop or not.
When my partner lived in Gorton we would often catch the bus into town on Hyde road. Often there would be a 10/15 minute wait then 2 or three buses would come together so we would always request the second or third bus to stop as there was more chance of getting a seat.

The problem with the 168/169 is that there are days when things seem to run on time. I think if journeys were given extra time on timetables to do changeovers it might help.