With the closure of Arriva depots in Macclesfield and Winsford expected to take place in April 2023 and with Arriva expected to finish operations on 22nd April, Stagecoach and D & G Bus Limited have registered services to replace core Arriva services in these areas.
Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire
Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire have announced that they will start running Service 84 between Chester and Crewe from 24th April 2023 of an hourly frequency however some additional short journeys will run between Crewe and Nantwich. Stagecoach have confirmed that customers of the service will be able to purchase the Merseyside Plus range of tickets including the DaySaver ticket priced at £4.70 and the WeeklySaver ticket priced at £17.00 (£16.00 via the Stagecoach App).
Stagecoach have also announced an introductory offer of free travel for users of Service 84 for the week of 24th April 2023 until 30th April 2023.
More details about the service can be found here and the timetable for the service can be found here.
___________________________________________________________________________________
D & G Bus Limited
D & G Bus Limited have registered to run Arriva services which were threatened with being withdrawn with no replacement services, of which are as follows:
Service 1 - Weaverham - Northwich - Rudheath
Service will run hourly Monday to Saturday with additional journeys on Service 82 between Northwich and Rudheath. The timetable for this service can be found here.
Service 10 - Macclesfield - Bollington
Service will run every 30 Minutes Monday to Saturday. The timetable for this service can be found here.
Service 12 - Leighton Hospital - Crewe - Brookhouse - Shavington
Service will run Every 30 Minutes Monday to Saturday and additional early morning journeys will be introduced on this service. No Monday to Saturday evening service is currently timetabled for this service at this time however it is understood that the company are currently in discussions with Cheshire East Council regarding this.
The route of this service will also be revised as follows: Buses will operate via Cliffe Road, Underwood Lane and West Street between Coppenhall and Crewe Bus Station. North Street and Broad Street will be served by Service 31.
The timetable for this service can be found here.
Service 31 - Crewe - Leighton Hospital - Winsford - Northwich
Service will run hourly Monday to Saturday. The route will run via Swanlow Drive, Darnhall School Lane, Glebe Green Drive, Durham Drive, Dover Drive, Mount Pleasant Drive, Denbigh Drive and Beeston Drive in Glebe Green.
Buses will also operate via North Street and Broad Street between Coppenhall and Crewe. Cliffe Road, Underwood Lane and West Street will be served by Service 12.
The timetable for this service can be found
here.
Service 37 - Crewe - Sandbach - Middlewich - Winsford - Northwich
Service will run hourly Monday to Saturday. Buses will operate via Crook Lane and Bradbury Road in Wharton and will no longer operate via Jack Lane in Moulton of which will continue to be served by Service 31.
The timetable for this service can be found
here.
Service 38 - Crewe - Sandbach - Congleton - Macclesfield
Service will run hourly Monday to Saturday however currently discussions with Cheshire East Council regarding the operation of Monday to Saturday evening journeys on this service are ongoing.
The timetable for this service can be found
here.
More information on the services D & G Bus will operate can be found
here.
_________________________________________________________________________________
Update - 16/03/2023
First Potteries have now registered a replacement
Service 6 between Crewe Bus Station and Leighton Hospital. No timetable has been produced as of yet by the operator however the registration for this service can be found
here.
_________________________________________________________________________________
Update - 11/04/2023
D&G Bus Limited have received financial support from Cheshire East Council to run evening journeys on Services 37 and 38. The timetables for these services have been updated and can be found above. Service 84 will no longer be covered in any form by D&G Bus.
In addition, Service X31 between Northwich and Over on Friday and Saturday Evenings has also been registered. The timetable for this service can be found
here.
Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire have also received funding to run evening and Sunday services on Service 84. Update 12/04/2023 - a revised timetable is now available to view here. _________________________________________________________________________________
Additional information in regards to these services is likely to be released over the coming weeks before the operator and service changes from 23rd April. We will release an updated blog post should any information change.
We hope you have found this blog post informative and I hope this helps people concerned about the Arriva depot closures to be more informed about the changes being made in April.
Comments
Post a Comment