D&G Bus

[knutstransport]

RE: D&G Bus
43 failed this morning on the 07:10 Knutsford to Altrincham. It was its first day of operating services from Wincham since being sent up from the Crewe depot. Do they not check vehicles before sending them up to an outstation without maintenance facilities? Or maybe they just don't care about the routes outside the South Cheshire and Potteries areas.

[knutstransport]

RE: D&G Bus
Registrations for 1, 4 and 15A Sunday services cancelled from 1st April.

[knutstransport]

RE: D&G Bus
D&G are to retain the 130 contract but to get an increased subsidy for running it. The Mon-Fri services will no longer serve Wythenshawe Hospital but the Saturday frequency will be enhanced to every 90 minutes. No new timetable yet.

[T42 PVM (Moderator)]

RE: D&G Bus

(17/03/2022 19:14)knutstransport Wrote:  D&G are to retain the 130 contract but to get an increased subsidy for running it. The Mon-Sat services will no longer serve Wythenshawe Hospital but the Saturday frequency will be enhanced to every 90 minutes. No new timetable yet.

Will it terminate at Handforth or Wythenshawe Interchange?

[knutstransport]

RE: D&G Bus

(17/03/2022 21:15)T42 PVM Wrote:  Will it terminate at Handforth or Wythenshawe Interchange?

It's just the Wythenshawe Interchange to Wythenshawe Hospital bit that's being withdrawn on weekdays. Saturday services will continue to only go as far as Handforth.

[KXW212]

RE: D&G Bus

(17/03/2022 21:15)T42 PVM Wrote:  Will it terminate at Handforth or Wythenshawe Interchange?

Only a press report so far, indicating it won't serve WY hospital, so assume the Interchange which might give a more balanced x60 service. It also said a x90 frequency on Sats, as opposed to the current x120, which means it's just possible that it could get to WY using 2 buses, which is far more useful than the current hopeless Handforth terminus, where it connects into nothing.
It should be remembered that this has the dead hand of Cheshire East Council involved, so I wouldn't expect anything useful/sensible.

[KXW212]

RE: D&G Bus
http://www.dgbus.co.uk/assets/130_2022-04-03.pdf

New 130 TT attached from 3 Apr 22.

Revised Mon - Sat to be Macc - MIA, diverted between Handforth and Wythenshawe Int via Wilmslow Road, Outwood Road and Finney Lane, then onto MIA via Portway and Selstead Road.
So, connecting into the 42C and 378 (filling the previous 'gap'), plus serving Heald Green Station.
Also, standardised to run through on Saturdays as MF, instead of terminating at Handforth.
If I've read it correctly following the route record, the Sat TT from Macc has the WY and MIA timing points transposed.
MF x60 with some peak widening and x90 on Sats.

[dounowhoiam]

RE: D&G Bus
One thing to note on this new timetable is that the last full route 130 from Macclesfield is the 15:15 instead of the 16:25.

I know that this was used for passengers going into the GM borough from Cheshire, therefore would have thought it'd make sense that the service went just to Wythenshawe and do a return journey - admittedly this would have delayed the last service slightly.

Overall it is a much better service and I am very glad that there is now a Saturday service from GM again.

[knutstransport]

RE: D&G Bus

(21/03/2022 16:51)dounowhoiam Wrote:  One thing to note on this new timetable is that the last full route 130 from Macclesfield is the 15:15 instead of the 16:25.

It looks like there may be a 35 minute driver break between the second to last weekday Macclesfield-Handforth and the last Handforth-Macclesfield. If that is the case they should run that bus in service as an 88 from Macclesfield to Knutsford on it's way back to Wincham (skipping Over Peover and the villages off the direct route).

One thing I find strange is they are still routing all journeys via Alderley Park. I thought that was temporary while there was a COVID vaccination centre there.

[chesterbuses21256]

RE: D&G Bus
Where is Optare Versa T25TYB 25? Not been out since the 13th January.