Cheshire East proposed funding cuts

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RE: Cheshire East proposed funding cuts

(06/02/2018 10:44)Valandil Wrote:  With the Macclesfield - Knutsford service being called 88 and the Knutsford - Wilmslow - Altrincham service being 88/88A/188, it looks hopeful that they might have these as through services.
It will also be good if the 89 Northwich - Knutsford is clearly shown on timetables etc as linking with the 88/88A/188 as this was built into the design of the timetable for the E routes.

The 'design' of timetable E was poorly thought out by someone sat at a desk in the Cheshire East offices, with there being a lot of concerns about their proposed timetables and apparently operators were allowed to propose alternatives and it sounds like D&G have done just that. Whether it's all round better option remains to be seen.

The service number for Knutsford-Macclesfield could be a typo (typos and other mistakes aren't uncommon on VOSA registrations - there's one on the D&G 89 registration as well as one on the new 130 registration), if they planned to run it as a through service they didn't need to register it as a separate service and I don't think Altrincham-Wilmslow-Knutsford-Macclesfield will be too long to count as a local service for driver hours restrictions like the High Peak TP service, which has been divided in to separate registrations.