Stagecoach announce extra Sunday bus services
However, this may not be good news for East Wichel bus passengers. As is already apparent from Stagecoach’s timetabling of service 9 on weekdays, they prefer to run buses just a few minutes ahead of Thamesdown services, aimed at maximising Stagecoach’s profits and maximising Thamesdown’s losses. So we’re likely to see two buses a couple of minutes apart on Sundays, followed by a gap of almost thirty minutes, rather than a bus every twenty minutes.
There’s also no guarantee that Thamesdown will continue a half-hourly Sunday service on service 11 when faced with competition from Stagecoach. This will be the first competitive test in Swindon for Thamesdown Transport’s new owners, Go South Coast.