Link Network (MD Bus & Coach)

[iMarkeh]

RE: Link Network (MD Bus & Coach)
Yeh.. Link is all over the place in Warrington. Different stands and different times. Surely there must be 1 stand which is available every 20 mins. They can drop in any stand then run into layover can't they?

[Lynx]

RE: Link Network (MD Bus & Coach)

(14/04/2017 15:42)iMarkeh Wrote:  Yeh.. Link is all over the place in Warrington. Different stands and different times. Surely there must be 1 stand which is available every 20 mins. They can drop in any stand then run into layover can't they?

There will be but it would cause no end of confusion amongst passengers and drivers and require a timetable at each stand it stops at.

[Mayneway]

RE: Link Network (MD Bus & Coach)
Wasn't it Mr Fairborther who suggested a while ago that Warrington council are very obstructive when it comes to giving stand slots to NW rivals?

[motormayhem1]

RE: Link Network (MD Bus & Coach)
The only thing with that is link network seem to be attacking and playing games with arriva rather than network warrington where as fairbrothers was attacking network warringtons routes.

[Lynx]

RE: Link Network (MD Bus & Coach)

(14/04/2017 17:00)Mayneway Wrote:  Wasn't it Mr Fairborther who suggested a while ago that Warrington council are very obstructive when it comes to giving stand slots to NW rivals?

I've always took what Fairbrother said with a pinch of salt but I can quite well believe it. I'll never forget them putting a bin bag over stand 9s display board and removing the seats when GHA was operating from there. There was even some suspect spelling mistakes on the timetable.

[Bevan Price]

RE: Link Network (MD Bus & Coach)

(14/04/2017 13:40)Valandil Wrote:  If the 329 is hourly, there will be a lot of hanging around, as the running time is 36 minutes.
I had assumed it might be 3 vehicles on the 329 and either 3 or possibly a reduction to 2 vehicles on the 110.

Could the 329 interwork with the 110 ? St.Helens - Warrington - Widnes would take just about one hour.

[T42 PVM (Moderator)]

RE: Link Network (MD Bus & Coach)
That is possible, would be a little tight but its do-able

[Valandil]

RE: Link Network (MD Bus & Coach)
Assuming the new 329 is half-hourly and the 110 stays at roughly every 20 minutes, interworking might just about work for 1 bus per hour.
But I think Link Network will probably want to keep the extra flexibility to be able to retime their services ahead of Arriva.
If Link Network did interwork their 110 and 329, then Arriva could retime either one of their 110 or 329 to be running ahead of Link Network, who then might not be able to respond as easily.

[RSTurbo50]

RE: Link Network (MD Bus & Coach)
Fair play to Link Network for making a go of this, it's good to see smaller operators taking on the big boys, very brace.

In theory could Arriva just increase the frequency on the 110 and 329 in effect forcing Link Network to come off these routes due to low numbers?

[T42 PVM (Moderator)]

RE: Link Network (MD Bus & Coach)
The 329 InterWorks with the 360 so any frequency change there would have an effect on the 360, hopefully Link Network make this work and then move onto something else