Considering its now been announced that the Queens Funeral on 19/9 will be a Bank Holiday does this actually mean Buses in various places in Northwest will be running a normal Bank Holiday service or is this yet to be decided?

What effect has the £2 fare cap had?

I know any GM-only fares that were over £2 have been reduced to £2. However, have many fares that were already £2 or less been affected? Or have any cross-border fares changed?

I notice Little Gem's single has gone down from £1.80 to £1.50 when purchased using the app. I don't know anything about their on board fares.

I also observe D&G's pricing on the 88 is now extremely inconsistent. £2 for Altrincham to Airport City, £4.20 for Hale Barns to Morley Green and £2.30 for Wilmslow to Wilmslow station.

Newly designed area maps for Liverpool and the Wirral now up on Merseytravel's website. Southport and St. Helens coming soon

https://merseytravel.adidocdn.dev/Conten...us-Map.pdf

https://merseytravel.s3.amazonaws.com/Co...us-Map.pdf

Noticed the Liverpool map is missing Merseytravel supported services

In view of the current Arriva bus strike is any other bus company taking over the services from Birkdale and Southport Station to the showground?

On numerous occasions in recent weeks I've seen C307 UFP parked up outside a primary school. Presumably they have a contract to transport pupils to and from swimming lessons.

It's an actual 1980s Bedford coach, as pictured here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/quicksilve...1429950011

I'm surprised an operator is using a vehicle that old to transport school children.

Arriva North West staff are being balloted on strike action. The ballot closes this Monday (4th) with the prospect of industrial action commencing later this month.

https://www.business-live.co.uk/enterpri...a-24244850

Consultation for a Merseyside Bus Review is now live, Consultation is Live for 2 weeks with changes coming in on the 4th September, The Cuts put forward are brutal.

https://lcrbusreview.commonplace.is/

People's Bus have tweeted that it used to be their bus but it was sold to 'an operator in the Cheshire area' in April 2021.

https://twitter.com/Peoplesbus/status/15...0737705984

Though it might be a good idea to list the forthcoming vehicle moves in one place....

Known about so far but yet to move unless stated, some reported on other sources

2141/2142 Southport to Rhyl
3052-3054 Green Lane to Runcorn
3055 Green Lane to Speke (first Pulsar permanently allocated ever)
3058 Green Lane - Birkenhead (moved today as reported on GL thread)
4591-4594 St Helens to Bootle

HTH

List below. It's not gone down well with the Labour South Yorkshire Metro Mayor or the Labour leaders of Cheshire East and Cheshire West councils.

Blackburn with Darwen and Lancashire: £34.2m
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole: £8.9m
Brighton and Hove: £27.9m
Central Bedfordshire: £3.7m
City of York: £17.4m
Cornwall (including Isles of Scilly): £13.3m
Derby City: £7m
Derbyshire: £47m
Devon: £14.1m
East Sussex: £41.4m
Greater Manchester: £94.8m
Hertfordshire: £29.7m
Kent: £35.1m
Liverpool City Region: £12.3m
Luton: £19.1m
Norfolk: £49.6m
North East and North of Tyne: £163.5m
North East Lincolnshire: £4.7m
Nottingham City: £11.4m
Nottinghamshire: £18.7m
Oxfordshire: £12.7m
Portsmouth: £48.3m
Reading: £26.3m
Somerset: £11.9m
Stoke-on-Trent: £31.7m
Warrington: £16.2m
West Berkshire: £2.6m
West Midlands: £87.9m
West of England and North Somerset: £105.5m
West Sussex: £17.4m
West Yorkshire: £70m