Greater Manchester Tenders

[Mayneway]

RE: Greater Manchester Tenders

(19/02/2016 10:05)Nicholas Wrote:  TfGM have withdrawn their share of funding for the Mon-Sat evening service as there is an average usage of just 2 people per trip. It would therefore be up to DCC to decide if they want to pay for the whole thing or just a Glossop-Gamesley circular... I assume if they do keep it, then they would do the latter.

It is a pity that the 237 tender is administered separately as there is enough room to fit the 202 circular element within the 237 if one of the directions was retimed. That would allow for an efficiency saving and substantially reduce costs.

The 237 is badly timed anyway. The timings running towards Glossop then back is often problematic and buses often run 10/15 mins late. There are a lot of factors that seem to have been over looked when they introduced this new contract last Easter. The traffic on Mottram Moore affects the early evening journey towards Glossop which then has a knock on effect on later runs despite the layover time at Ashton.
Double parked cars in the very tight streets of Hadfield is another issue, I've been on buses that have lost 10 mins trying to squeeze through very tight gaps.