Kevin Jones points at the bus parked outside his shop. “There are normally buses in front at all times and it’s so annoying, I don’t see why they stay here,” he says. “They’re here all day non-stop...that’ll be there for three hours." Kevin runs Atherton Tackle, the fishing supplies shop at the end of Market Street, Atherton.
Businesses in the town, in the borough of Wigan, saw a boom after a new bus route was introduced - the V2, back in 2016. But then the service, part of a guided busway which sees buses run on rails, was cut.
And the impact being felt by passengers and businesses has been stark, locals told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS).
The new timetable, Kevin believes, has left drivers with long periods with nothing to do - and so vehicles end up parked on Market Street. “It’s impacting business in a negative way," he adds. "Can they not rest in the station is my question.
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