Arriva North West - Winsford Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot

(11/08/2017 10:48)knutstransport Wrote:  New corrected timetable: https://www.arrivabus.co.uk/GetTimetable...903-171108

I've noticed the last bus to Macclesfield from Wilmslow is now 20:00 on weekdays and 19:02 on Saturdays. Evening peak departures are still inconsistent though - after 15:08 from Macc the departure times are 15:48, 16:35, 17:10 and 18:25 and from Wilmslow southbound departure times are 15:40, 16:20, 17:34, 18:14, 18:47, 19:29 and 20:00.

There some improvements :
Later departures from Manchester through to Macc on Mon - Sat
Very early departures from Macc to Manchester Mon - Fri, similarly on Sat, but not as early.
No doubt this reflects the all Macc allocation.

The peak service although hardly changed, is still a mess, with increased running time busting the clockface frequency, which doesn't bother me, but is hardly attractive to ordinary punters.

The 5 min layover at Macc during the midday period, one of the main causes of unreliability (lack of recovery) remains.

On Saturday the ridiculously last bus out of Macc stays at 1708, another disincentive to anybody working there and using the service for work.

Probably works nicely for driver duty efficiency and compilation though.

Overall, a disappointment.