What none of the rail operator sites say is if the Heald Green to Airport buses are "rail replacement" and therefore included in the price paid if you have a rail ticket from/to the Airport, or a free bus operated by Manchester Airport/Network Rail to and from Heald Green Station from the Airport or whether normal bus routes are to be used and passengers have to pay.
They are rail replacement buses and as such are part of the rail ticket price and are organised by the rail operators as happens every weekend over the network where engineering works take place. They wouldn't be mentioned by the train companies otherwise.
I would also suggest however your average punter will NOT hunt down this information.......... they will rely on being informed.
So how do they buy their tickets? Any on line booking will show the journey as partly by bus together with timings. And a booking at a ticket office should also show it up. And there will be plenty of people at Piccadilly, Heald Green and the Airport stations
There's plenty of places that people can find out; surely doing research is all part of travelling anywhere especially onto unfamiliar territory; many passengers are far more savvy than you give them credit for.
But what else to do? Perhaps Bagso could go round every home in the catchment area and tell people individually.....
Let's get talking about something sensible such as the much rumoured terminal re-developments. Some stories suggest it is quite radical and may commence this year. My question is if that is correct, what is the planning situation and will a public inquiry be required?