I WAS amazed when I found out M Travel would no longer be operating the Bowdon Vale to Altrincham bus service.

Why? It's utter lunacy if you ask me. For the past three years the company has done a great job serving the area and i don't believe in change for the sake of it.

If it ain't broke, why try to fix it, and all that.

Bowdon Vale is a great place to live but we really need a reliable bus service, like the one M Travel has been providing.

I've never known the bus not to turn up, regardless of the ice and snow and the drivers have a particularly good rapport with the elderly passengers who can't speak highly enough of them.

If they're serious about getting people out of the cars and on to public transport we need services we can rely on.

I also feel the time of the 246 needs changing - the first bus into Altrincham is at 7.45am and the next is 8.30, as a result of the temporary closure of Altrincham Interchange.

This makes it impossible for me to get into work for 9am. To make up the time I take shorter lunch breaks.

However, this situation could be resolved if the second bus left Bowdon Vale at 8.10 or 8.15.

The time of 8.30 must be inconvenient for many schoolchildren or students, who start lessons at nine o'clock.

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