northwichcat
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I was just looking at the Cheshire East local plan and noticed it says there is a significant commuter flow between Warrington and Cheshire East, mainly Knutsford. Yet there is no proper direct public transport link between Warrington and Cheshire East.
I then noticed in another place it referred to one between Handforth and Trafford. Now with the 130 and 88 bus routes being half-hourly that is possible to do on public transport but the lack of integrated ticketing between an Arriva bus and a GHA bus doesn't make public transport attractive.
It also identifies a lack of jobs in Alsager, Congleton, Middlewich, Poynton and Sandbach while an 'abundance' of jobs in Crewe, Handforth and Knutsford, so there's perhaps potential flows which don't exist because of a missing link. Re-opening the Middlewich branch line would help get people to the jobs but maybe a Congleton to either Wilmslow or Knutsford bus alongside the existing services would help?
I then noticed in another place it referred to one between Handforth and Trafford. Now with the 130 and 88 bus routes being half-hourly that is possible to do on public transport but the lack of integrated ticketing between an Arriva bus and a GHA bus doesn't make public transport attractive.
It also identifies a lack of jobs in Alsager, Congleton, Middlewich, Poynton and Sandbach while an 'abundance' of jobs in Crewe, Handforth and Knutsford, so there's perhaps potential flows which don't exist because of a missing link. Re-opening the Middlewich branch line would help get people to the jobs but maybe a Congleton to either Wilmslow or Knutsford bus alongside the existing services would help?
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