GHA Group (Bryn Melyn, Vale Travel + Others)

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RE: GHA Group (Bryn Melyn, Vale Travel + Others)

(31/05/2016 20:33)djb Wrote:  If there was a possibility of an extra bus in the timetable, what about an split mid route. You've got 2 tourist destinations in jodrell and capesthorne close to the route, but not served by public transport. Running macclesfield (or knutsford) to say holmes chapel/middlewich via these destinations would offer multiple new links as well as increasing frequency on the existing portion of route.

There's also Tatton Park which isn't properly served, while a park entrance is within walking distance of Knutsford town centre, most people aren't going to walk a 6 mile round trip to see the mansion, gardens and farm.

I'm not sure a Macclesfield-Holmes Chapel/Middlewich via Jodrell Bank bus would be quicker than taking a bus to Congleton then picking up the 42 from there. I think a Tatton Park-Knutsford-Over Peover-Jodrell Bank-Holmes Chapel-Middlewich route could be viable - perhaps routed via Chelford to offer connections to the 27 bus. The parish council in Holmes Chapel do want a bus to Knutsford but Cheshire East decided there doesn't need to be one as it's possible to get a bus from Knutsford to Chelford and a train from Chelford to Holmes Chapel. Middlewich is focused on getting a rail service to Northwich, Knutsford and Altrincham (which has an excellent business case according to the consultants who looked at it) and they don't seem to be looking at any interim measures. I wonder if the National Trust and Manchester University (who own Jodrell Bank) would support a bus service doing that sort of route?

Didn't Bakerbus used to run an Alderley Edge to Congleton service at one point which went past Capesthorne Hall?