GMCA Proposed Routes

[dounowhoiam]

RE: GMCA Proposed Routes
Some ideas/thoughts about the Manchester Routes section

Manchester to Brookhouse/Cadishead
Manchester City Centre - Trafford Centre - Cadishead (will the 100 still run to Warrington?)

Routes via Northenden & Wythenshawe
Manchester City Centre - Northenden - Timperley (extend it to Broomwood and use the turning circle?)
Manchester City Centre - Wythenshawe - Wythenshawe Hospital (is this the 101 (that gets cut) or the 109 route?)

Manchester City Centre - Walkden - Logistics North (extend to Bolton?)

Routes to Chorlton
Manchester City Centre - Chorlton - Sale (bring back the Altrincham extension for the last outbound services if the Metrolink still not running that late?)

Altrincham Routes
East Didsbury - Northenden - Altrincham - Manchester Airport (Instead of having the East Didsbury route continue to the Airport, maybe reroute the 88 to the Airport for better linkage?)
Manchester Airport - Wythenshawe – Altrincham (which way will it be going between the Airport and Wythenshawe?)

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Whilst there is focus more on bus reach for areas with no / minimal tram/rail links; there needs to be sufficient redundancy in place to support passengers when the network is not working.
My thinking is that with rail/tram season tickets, either have bus tickets included or at a significant reduction in price (similar to the Bus Card Extra) so that it both assists in the overcrowding issue these networks sometimes face and persuade people who typically commute just for work to take the bus elsewhere for leisure purposes?