Bus services have become a source of much frustration in one part of Stockport
"It's rubbish", 90-year-old Bella Spasojevic fumes. That's her blunt summary of the bus services to 'Little Europe' in Edgeley, where residents say they have been left stranded.
Bob Heywood, 86, takes Bella into Stockport to do shopping as the bus has become so unreliable. “The 328 used to be a good bus and I’m going back a few years now because I used to work for Greater Manchester Transport and then Stagecoach took over,” says Bob, who lives on Dale Street. “The elderly lady said ‘are you going down Dale Street’ and the driver said ‘no’. I also prefer to go down Dale Street. I’m a lot younger- I’m 65 - but it was a long walk for this woman to get home.”
However, her neighbour did not want to get a taxi, and the pair eventually got a Number 11 bus which dropped them at Alexandra Park. “It’s quite a walk for someone her age,” says Fliss. “When I first moved here 30 years ago it was good, but it's lost its oomph lately,” Dale Street resident Frances Brakewell tells us. "I have no idea where it goes now with all the roadworks and the [building] the new bus station in the middle of Stockport. The drivers don’t always tell you where it’s going sometimes.”
“They want people to give up their cars and get the bus - but the buses are not reliable and they are not going to take you straight to where you need to go, either,” she says. “The bus route I think will be solved if they use more buses and smaller buses. More buses more often is what they need.”“I would say so, it would be for me because I use the app so I can see when the bus is coming and I can time it right,” she says. "As long as people know when the bus is due it should be all right.
Coun Matt Wynne, who represents Edgeley, was left furious after learning residents were still experiencing difficulties - and has questioned Stagecoach’s fitness to run the service. “This madness needs to stop,” he tells the Local Democracy Service.
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