Andy Burnham - Mayor of Greater Manchester
The
Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, is up for election next year. Despite
promising to reform bus services in Greater Manchester, fares have increased
and services are being cut. Many areas are losing bus services as bus operators
concentrate on the most profitable routes and cut those that are less
profitable. It has been reported that bus services in the Tameside area are to
be slashed under new proposals.
From
the 2nd September 2019, Stagecoach Manchester will be taking over
the 389 route after a ten-year gap. If you think they are going to restore its
link with Stockport or Marple then think again.
Under
current plans the 389 route is set to be curtailed. Currently, First Greater
Manchester’s journeys terminate at Hyde bus station, whereas MCT Travel’s
journeys continue all the way to Gee Cross.
The
new version of 389 route will run from Ashton-under-Lyne to Dukinfield as per
its present route up to Fir Tree Lane. Thereafter, it will continue to Lyne
Edge Road and Yew Tree Lane. Then it will return to Ashton-under-Lyne via
Cheetham Hill Road as a single clockwise loop.
Last
bus passengers hoping to travel from Ashton or Stalybridge and hoping to get to
Hyde on the 389, are going to be disappointed because it ain’t going there. They
will have to get a taxi or walk or get the last 330 bus from Ashton bus
station. Already, the last 343 bus leaves Stalybridge at 1845, and the fastest
way of getting to Hyde would be in a taxi or a Northern train to
Ashton-under-Lyne and then a 330 bus.
As
for the other savage cut to Stalybridge’s bus services, the 236 will be losing its Sunday service.
Therefore, on Sundays and Bank Holidays, a section between Dinting Vale
Industrial Estate and The Gun Inn (via Woolley Bridge) will be a Bus Free Zone.
*Thanks
to Stuart Valentine for providing information on Tameside and Glossop Bus
Service Changes from September 2019.
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