A slew of service changes have kicked in this week. Back when I started this blog on the day Shudehill Interchange opened I bemoaned the lack of links from south Manchester to Shudehill, thus making cross-city travel inconvenient unless your northern destination is served from Piccadilly. Arriva have made a move in the right direction with the extension of the 16 and 16A services across to Shudehill via the Northern Quarter during Mon-Sat daytimes. Only one bus every 30 minutes, but it's a start.
Also of note is the first of First's new 'feeder' services (mentioned in a recent 'Buses' magazine article). Service 67L takes some of the strain off frequent service 67 by serving parts of Irlam though Mon-Sat daytimes. However, GMPTE's online timetable library hasn't updated with the details yet so I can't comment further.
Other than those two there's just a few changes of operator on tendered routes, including Arriva no longer operating the 177, 178 and late evening 109. They have however increased the frequency of the commercial service 263 from every 15 to every 12 minutes. They've also introduced evening and Sunday journeys on the 263 every 30 minutes - something I'm amazed they didn't do before!
Many thanks for all the comments on my last post. I'll be tying them into a more conscise argument in a separate post when I've got time.
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i believe that trams between Shudehill and Picadilly Station/Gardens run every 12 minutes during the day (or six if you are prepared to change at Moseley Street). All that for 50p as well. Trams rule.
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