Halton Transport

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RE: Halton Transport

(06/11/2013 20:13)Valandil Wrote:  

(05/11/2013 21:41)GWD0595 Wrote:  Saw #35 break down on the 17A this morning. It just arrived from St Helens at Green Oaks and broke down. The passengers were shifted onto the 14A which had also just arrived behind it, to take them to Vicarage Road. A few minutes later, #26 came by and picked up the 17A route towards St Helens.

Yes, I think it would be a service 2 which would be missing or operate late due to this incident (I may be wrong, but I think that all inbound 17a's go onto the 2, apart from the 17a due in at Vicarage Road at 0842, 1752 and 1852).
It sounds on the face of it like the vehicle was quite behind time too: there should generally be quite a gap between a 17a arriving at Vicarage Road and the next outbound 17a leaving -- that is, apart from the 17a due in at 0842.

Yes it should be a 2.

I can't quite remember how they interwork but it's something on the lines of a 17A will go out to St Helens, return as a 17, do a service 2 to Halebank, and it will later end up on the longer hourly West Bank 2, before returning back to the 17/A
(17/A > 2 > 2 > 17/A > 2 > 2 etc... Where each number is a return trip of that service)