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How long does it take D&G to run empty to/from Sandbach and Crewe via the M6 compared to running in service via Haslington and Winterley?

I get where you are coming from.

Going back a bit but remember in the past going on both the old 532 between Bristol and Edinburgh and the old 324 between Bristol and Huddersfield and on both, myself and other 'through' passengers were made to leave the coach at Birmingham for the duration of the break. This was back in...

Aren't the 12, 37 and 38 commercial during the daytime with only the Evening/Sunday provision being supported? Given that D&G previously abandoned commercial Sunday provision on the 8, 12, 38 and 84x it does make you wonder what will happen to the current tranche of Sunday services if/when the...

Good on you. Fingers crossed that D&G will take your suggestion on board.

Thanks for your really helpful response. I'm aware that the 37 starts/ends in Winsford on Sunday but on Monday to Saturday there seem to be several journeys that start/end at Sandbach and as such run light to/from the depot. In these instances, can we assume it is deemed more cost effective to...

The extra Sunday services on the 31 and 37 are clearly a positive development. I am intrigued however as to how D&G will work the Sunday 31 given that the service is tied in with the 37 on Monday to Saturday but under the new Sunday timetable, there seems to be quite a gap between a bus...

Thanks everyone who responded to my earlier posts regarding the 31 and 37

Thanks for clarifying this. I have only been on the 37 a few times (mainly in the Crewe to Northwich direction) and when I have, I've got the impression that Crewe to Sandbach seems to be one of the key passenger flows and then Sandbach to Winsford/Northwich another. Would I be correct on...

I've been looking at the timetables for the late evening journeys on the 37 and it seems as though some have a really limited window for connections to and from the 38 at Sandbach. For example there are arrivals off the 38 from Crewe at 2100 and 2200 and then the connecting journeys towards...

It was the one that was viewable on the website. The PDF file on the Service Changes page looks to be more what you'd expect.

With the X39/39 there also seems to be a gap from Bristol on Monday to Friday evenings between 2325 and 0125 but the 0010 journey is remaining in place on Sunday evening. That feels a bit odd to be honest.

I remember using Flixbus in Leeds twice during 2021. Once in June and then again in August and both times the coach picked up and set down in the stop/layby opposite the Bus Station which Megabus had previously used. I seem to recall that the Megabus stand in the bus station was unavailable...

Service 680 between Yate and Filton college which was designed as a college day only service but which members of the public could use. There were numerous incidences where the drivers didn't bother with the full route on the return journey back from Filton to Yate and just fast-tracked to...

Does the AI scheduling account for oddities such as the last 103 from Crewe towards Hanley being earlier on a Saturday than it is on Monday to Friday and even on Sunday? I find it odd that on Saturday, there are 3 buses that arrive into Crewe and then go out of service whereas on the other...

Never been sure as to whether the 302 could be called under utilised. I remember it being quite busy when I saw it loading in Bristol at weekends. Interestingly, Covid brought about the withdrawal of the 302 (Bristol to Northampton) and 333 (Blackpool to Bournemouth via Bristol) whereas the...

I'd like to see Flixbus launch routes from Bristol to Oxford and Bristol to the South Coast given that NX no longer provide any such journeys.

Only ever instance I had with a service being cancelled was back in Summer 2024 when I attempted to book on a short lived extra journey on the 070 between Leeds and Birmingham. Think it was intended to run over the Summer period and presumably would have been run by Turners. It was also due to...

T1 Bristol to Thornbury and Y1/Y2 Bristol to Yate are both examples. Service T1 was introduced in May 2018 as a more direct service from Bristol to Thornbury via the M32 and Bradley Stoke whereas up until then the 78 (and previously 309) had run via Gloucester Road, Filton, Cribbs Causeway and...

In terms of Aston Manor Coaches on the 131, their workings seem to be ones that were previously everyday workings by Woods but which are now concentrated on the weekend and the surrounding days. I am interested to see if Aston Manor will remain the operator on a permanent basis and if so...