Fleeting through towns on the guided busway and flying past snaking queues of cars in the bus lane was still not enough to get to Manchester within 45 minutes on the V1. The infamous purple bus that goes from Leigh to Manchester via Atherton, Tyldesley and Salford was launched back in 2016 and has come under fire in recent months.
First and Transport for Greater Manchester have been urged to do something about the service which has seen dozens unable to catch their desired bus to work in the morning or when coming home. Full buses have been flying past commuters who have had to wait for four more buses at times before being lucky enough to board.
The journey started at the park and ride in Leigh, but it would be more than an hour before the V1 reached St Peter’s Square in Manchester.
