Stagecoach revised their 1, 2 and 20 services in Grimsby on 1st June. The 'core' remains the 1 and 2 each operating hourly Monday to Saturday daytimes between Grimsby Riverhead Exchange and the Europarc Industrial Estate via the West Marsh area, the 1 serving Lord Street and the 2 Corporation Road.
Service 1 however lost it's extension beyond Europarc to Wybers Wood and instead gained an extension beyond Riverhead Exchange to Victor Street via Victoria Street (Stagecoach Depot) and Cleethorpe Road. Services 1 and 2 now operate as a circular at Victor Street, rather than the 2 performing a short loop via Riby Street to terminate. With the 1 and 2 now sharing start and end points, departures from Riverhead Exchange to Europarc move from a 20-40 minute interval to a 28-32 minute interval between services.
The 20 continues to operate a limited Monday to Saturday early morning and evening service between Cleethorpes, Grimsby Riverhead Exchange, Corporation Road, Europarc and Wybers Wood, but gained a new diversion away from part of the A180 to serve industrial areas along Moody Lane and Gilbey Road. For a small time penalty, the 20 becomes a little more useful.
Service 20 also gained Sunday and Bank Holiday journeys operating at similar times to the Monday to Saturday service - anyone who wants to travel from Cleethorpes to Grimsby at 0500 on a Sunday morning can now do so! Seriously though, if there are factories on Europarc operating seven days a week, then a six days a week bus service isn't very attractive. Whether the 20 actually aligns with Sunday shift patterns I don't know, lets hope it does.
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I use the 1 and 2 all the time, much prefer the new set up as if one bus is cancelled for whatever reason, the other bus will eventually get round to the area you need to be at on the way back
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