Passengers’ fears as dozens of routes face the chop or reduced services if rescue plan fails
“This is the only bus that gets me to work on time,” says Caitlyn Lamb, as she waits for the number 11 service from Cheadle to her utility firm job in Edgeley. The 26-year-old sets off each morning from Woodford, near Stockport’s border with Cheshire, getting the 42B bus to Cheadle, then hopping on the number 11 to arrive at work on the other side of the borough in good time.
Stockport could be one of the hardest hit boroughs should the rescue package fail, with nine services set to be axed all together such as the 379 and 11A - and a further five facing ‘frequency reductions’, such as the 11 and 383 circular to Bredbury. It’s also a big concern for commuter Pete Drury. Although the 52-year-old is a Cheadle resident, he’s currently looking after his parents in Brinnington - commuting to Cheadle and back every day for his cleaning job.
The financial implications are obvious - as is the potential for bus cuts to force people back into cars, very much against the clean air and ‘active travel’ agenda. The 62-year-old, who describes the proposed cuts to services as ‘terrible’, worries that cuts could have a big impact on his life. “I would have to walk, probably - I rely on it,” he adds.
“We are retired and use the bus frequently as do many of our friends. My husband has a bus pass but not me at 61! Free bus passes are available in Scotland and Wales over 60. If the 42b goes there will be no service for Woodford, Bramhall, Cheadle Hulme, Cheadle to Didsbury at all.” Concerns are no less keenly felt in Heald Green, a village near in the south west of the borough, close to Manchester airport.“I don’t drive so rely on the buses and I live in Heald Green so the 378 and 379 and 130 are a godsend to get to Handforth Dean,” Margaret Rose tells the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
Also listed for ‘deregistration’ is the 358. This isone of the cross-boundary services affected, linking Hayfield and New Mills in Derbyshire with south east Stockport and the town centre.
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