Stagecoach Manchester

[iMarkeh]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(16/08/2020 10:00)Redmikey Wrote:  Is it just me or are the timetables on the Stagecoach website very hard to read? You have to scroll through so many pages to find what you're looking for and when you get there it's still unclear. For example according to the timetables the 11 does not serve the White Hart in Cheadle but the 11A does.

The website is also showing incorrect information for example saying the new 7/7A will now serve Heaton Mersey when it doesn't and the Stockport network map has several mistakes.

It's one thing making changes but you need to be clear with the public about the changes or you lose more custom.

I think the issue is that Stagecoach Manchester use the auto generated timetables from their system and they generally look awful. More so in Manchester where all the days get mixed up and you end up with all the trips showing the random notes.

Shame they don't put some money into PDF timetables. MCSL don't have the fanciest timetables in the world but they are functional and certainly do the job without making things too confusing. If they don't want to do that then why not steal the TFGM PDF timetables and put them on the site (much like MCSL did on their Merseyside routes pre Covid). Either way, they need to look at something as the current timetable layout is dismal and certainly doesn't help their anti franchising bid having such confusing information online.