Howards/Springfield

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RE: Howards/Springfield

(08/08/2016 18:48)T42 PVM Wrote:  Hopefully Howard's Win the contract, At least we know it will be ran properly by them

From what I heard this afternoon Howard's have been experiencing what are hopefully teething problems with the weekday 27 service this week. While the buses are getting between Macclesfield bus station and Knutsford bus station they are sometimes going via the wrong back roads and missing out bus stops as a consequence. Other operators have had the same problems in the past when new drivers have been put on the route.

Personally I think Over Peover should be served by a separate bus service then a bus could run Macclesfield to Knutsford direct with a 90 minute frequency being possible with a single bus. High Peak tried a 90 minute frequency using one bus but it didn't work as they routed buses via the longer Over Peover route so there was no recovery time in the timetable meaning reliability was very poor.