Stagecoach MCSL - Chester & Wirral Depots

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RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral

(05/09/2016 07:42)R557 ABA Wrote:  The Enviro200 MMCs are on the 2.

Yes, I had 37441 from Chester to Liverpool this morning. 25 late from Chester with lots of slow running when the driver was checking the route with his printouts! I think the chap may have been a new driver as he was handling the bus very carefully around corners, in which case it can't help being out on a new route as well!

There seemed to be at least 2 of the new 200's out on the route that I saw.

As regards the route, the same as the former route 2 to Bromborough, then as per 41/42 through Croft Retail Park & back to the A41 by Lever Brothers. After Shore Drive, it dives into Port Sunlight down Bolton Drive, right into Church Drive, onto Central Road, then a right onto Primrose Hill and onto Boundary Road. We then turned left & followed the 38 route into Birkenhead, past the end of Bedford Road which is shown as one of the timing points.

Whilst I can see the merits of the re-routing at the northern end, it's no longer much use as a through route, and I think I'll be using it as a connection into the faster X8 in the future.

For info - the X2 is also host to the Enviro 200 MMC's from today.