Stagecoach MCSL - Chester & Wirral Depots

[iMarkeh]

RE: Stagecoach MCSL - Chester & Wirral Depots

(29/07/2019 00:42)313201 Wrote:  The 1 was also run by chester depot but was transferred to rock ferry before stagecoach took over.

It was ran by both Chester and Rock Ferry at one point with drivers having breaks at either depot for the flexibility side of things. That was during First times as well. I think the idea is good on paper but it can cause a fair few issues in practise.

(30/07/2019 08:09)mrd97 Wrote:  Does the 22 interwork with anything at the Chester end? Timings suggest it does. Also the timetable says it takes 31 minutes to get from Heswall to West Kirby. 88 and even the 38 when they ran this section took 24/25 minutes, buses will end up having to pull up and wait to keep to the timetable

No interworking (that we know of). It's all due to the length of the route and the timings. It can't be completed in 3 hours so every 3 hours, the timings have to step back (As happens on Saturdays). Therefore in order to keep the hourly frequency going for as long as possible, they bring in an extra bus which does 1 round trip (see post 7875) while the other bus has a long layover. It's only a few trips but it could be used for driver breaks if the plans is to make drivers do 2 trips with a break inbetween. It can also help with local reliability with the bus being stored in the bus station. If a trip is 10 minutes down, you can use this bus to sort out the service rather than dragging buses from the depot and all that faff.

(30/07/2019 17:20)wirralbus Wrote:  Hows many buses are used on the present 22 against the upcoming 22

Currently 4 buses. From September 3 buses but 1 mid day 'extra' Mon-Fri