'It's ruining the start of their day and they're panicking'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukDelays on a key bus route ‘ruin the start of children’s days’ as they ‘panic if they will get to school on time’, according to a parent.
Melanie Angold has hit out at Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) over how the 799 bus is being run, which her son uses to get to school.
Melanie’s son hops on the 799 at the first stop in Boothstown to get to class at Urmston Grammar School. But since the TfGM incorporated the 799 into the Bee Network on January 5, Melanie said her son ‘has been 20 minutes late here and there’ and on one occasion didn’t arrive until ‘9.30am’, more than an hour later than planned.
In the evenings, the bus has turned up roughly 40 minutes late on two consecutive Fridays, the 50-year-old added. "It's ruining the start of their day.
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