City bus scheme for home games - bus tracking (P91)

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Gingers Dad said:
Anyone know if this bus service is continuing next season?
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I'd be surprised if the Bury/Radcliffe bus does, it was always empty when I saw it. Probably because it was priced wrong, £8 on the bus or £5 on the tram from the same stop doesn't make sense even factoring in the 'directness' of the bus. The quick departure after the game killed the idea for me, too. I still think shuttle buses running from Queens Road (Bury met line) > Central Park (Rochdale line) > Etihad > Ashburys (train) makes the most sense, £2 each way.
 
The email from City today about 14 matches has links to transport etc but it’s still talking about last seasons Matchday buses, my guess is they’ll not announce anything until middle of august.
 
Just been in Boothstown and the MCFC stickers have been removed from the bus stops. Might just be for re-numbering but it’d be a shame if it was being cancelled.
 
Checked my stop in Sale Moor and the City Bus number has been removed. Not looking great tbh
 
CC1 said:
That definitely sounds bad & I’ve not had a reply from the club - they usually respond quickly to emails
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I only used it for one way travel into the ground for the last 2-3 games of last season, but instantly loved it. Although the last stop, always room to find a seat, if it turned up early it waited until the correct time to depart, so you could rely on it being there and I was looking forward to using it for return trips this year from our first home game.

Be a real shame if it's not carried on into this season
 
markblue said:
I wonder wh they never did a bus from Bolton, seems lots of blues in that area
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I guess all those surveys they do asking how you get to the game and what area you live, were used to gauge what interest might be.

Bolton is what, 15 minutes by train? I can’t imagine many wanting to sit on a bus for fuck knows how long if that’s an option.
 
rowsley_st said:
If they stop this service then that’s pretty poor from the club. These things take time to introduce and for people to get into the swing of using them.
Unless things are making a profit they’re not interested it seems.
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We don’t know what’s happening yet. For sure, some buses had very few people on them but others were ok. Let’s hope they continue
 
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