Mid Cheshire goes hourly on Sunday – for one day only! ….
For years we’ve had an aspiration of seeing the Mid Cheshire Sunday service running hourly, in fact more or less the same as the Saturday service, though probably with a slightly later start and a slightly earlier finish. Here’s our aspirations from 2010.
Well it’s happening, though for one day only – Mid Cheshire – Sunday 20 May 2012
The reason?
Northern are one of the sponsors of the Spellbound Forest event in Delamere Forest that Sunday. And they’ve kindly rescheduled services and added extra resources to give the line an hourly service that day.
Now here’s the challenge!
How about we all try to use the service that day to go somewhere, even if only a short trip like Mobberley to Knutsford, Hale to Stockport or Chester to Delamere. All the income that day is accounted for in LENNON (nothing to do with The Beatles! – Latest Earnings Networked Nationally Over Night) and so by the following day Northern (and others, i.e. DfT and TfGM) will see the increase in takings over to the normal two-hourly service.
We get to hear overall statistics afterwards, though not the detail. We’ll let you know what we hear about tickets sold and earnings for Sunday 20 May.
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April 25th, 2012 at 11:03 pm
Just a word of warning. If you are planning to use a connecting bus into or out of Altrincham that day (and on Sunday 13th May) Altrincham bus station will be closed for the removal of the concrete bridge over the bus station and Stamford New Road. Most buses will terminate and start from a temporary stop on Woodlands Road (the flyover road) apart from the 11, 370 and 371 which will terminate and start from the car park behind platform 4.
April 26th, 2012 at 9:45 am
This is an excellent opportunity to get out on the Line & enjoy a walk, a drink & meal or find out more about our history & heritage at our excellent pubs, cafes & Mid Cheshire Attractions.
Let’s show Northern that there is demand for an hourly Sunday Service every week.
If anyone would like to take a group out on the Line we are about to launch a group travel leaflet – contact me for further details – Sally – 01244 976788 or read the blog for further details.
April 26th, 2012 at 10:40 am
From online journey planners it looks like they are extending the Southport-Stockport services to Chester for the day. Hopefully they do the same when the RHS show is on at Tatton.
April 26th, 2012 at 2:38 pm
I’ve replaced the displayed timetable with the more formal one just received,