bengley
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Trains have been replaced by buses on the Atherton Line for the last few weekends and for a good few more due to engineering works at weekends. This is fine and I have no complaints about this.
What I am a bit perturbed by is the fact that on Saturdays when the line normally gets a half hourly train service, buses have been operating hourly and on Sundays when the train service is normally hourly, the buses have only been two hourly.
The two hourly Sunday service is effectively unusable.
Surely Northern are required to provide a replacement bus service at least at the same frequency as the train service? A lot of the stations on the line have no convenient alternative to the rail (or replacement) service.
When I mentioned this on X to Northern I just got a generic response apologising that the bus times don't suit me
What I am a bit perturbed by is the fact that on Saturdays when the line normally gets a half hourly train service, buses have been operating hourly and on Sundays when the train service is normally hourly, the buses have only been two hourly.
The two hourly Sunday service is effectively unusable.
Surely Northern are required to provide a replacement bus service at least at the same frequency as the train service? A lot of the stations on the line have no convenient alternative to the rail (or replacement) service.
When I mentioned this on X to Northern I just got a generic response apologising that the bus times don't suit me