Posted by: Walton 46 - 14/05/2023 08:24
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On Friday, the consultation on the Liverpool City Region's proposed franchising scheme began. The consultation will run till August 3rd and can be accessed here: https://www.liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.u...esforward/
Buses are one of the best ways to get around Liverpool and the wider city region and some services will be strengthened during the event. Additional services and capacity are planned for key dates throughout the festival, particularly focussed on 7 and 13 May.
The Arriva 500 service which runs between Liverpool John Lennon Airport and Liverpool South Parkway rail station will be stepped up between 8 and 15 May, running every 15 mins between approx 04:00 and 01:00.
A free shuttle bus will be running between the Eurovision Fan Zones at the Pier head and Camp and Furnace between 6 and 13 May, between approx. 21:00 and 03:30.
National Express and other coach services from locations across the UK arrive into and depart from Liverpool ONE bus station.
There will be diversions to some routes due to road closures and services may be subject to delays – especially in and around Liverpool City Centre.
Sunday 7 May
The event at George’s Hall will result in the closure of Lime Street. This means that some bus services will end at London Road and not Queen Square Bus Station.
A free shuttle service will run between London Road, Queen Square and Liverpool 1 bus stations.
A park and ride will be set up at Stanley Park with buses operating to Queen Square Bus Station between midday and midnight.
This is a place to talk about the upcoming service changes in Merseyside.
We can discuss the changes and our opinions.
But also post what upcoming service changes there are.
Rather than clog the Birkenhead thread, may be it is worth noting on this one the effect off transfers and withdrawals created from the closure of Winsford and Macclesfield plus the loss of Bolton later on this year through the TfGM franchising plan.
As an estimate this should release around 72 vehicles for cascade or withdrawal.
I know this has been discussed in the Hattons thread but as this involves all operators in the area, I felt it warranted a separate thread. Credit to mr t for alerting us to the Merseytravel update.
In a response to one question, I think the evening and Sunday 39 will follow the present 39A from St Helens to Parr Stocks Road, then the present 39 route. The 29 from the information given appears to serve Jackson Street, then round to Marshalls Cross Road to serve the Hospital, I'm presuming then past Sherdley Park to Clock Face Road, I'd be surprised if it serves the Four Acres estate given that already has the 17, 32/32A. Other highlights include the extension of the 152 to Southport (merging with the 315) - this will be popular in the summer, hopefully vehicles with higher capacity than at present will be used and evening journeys introduced on the 329 - are these commercial or is there some funding involved. That will be interesting to see how busy that gets as the route hasn't had an evening service for the just over 20 years.
PC2021320/59 GO NORTH WEST LIMITED, GO NORTH WEST LIMITED, BOYLE STREET, MANCHESTER, M8 8UT Operating between Rochdale and Kirkholt given service number 6 / 6 effective from 29 January 2023. To amend Timetable.
PC0001086/53 ERIC W BOWERS COACHES LTD, 43 WENLOCK WAY, LEICESTER, LE4 9HR
Operating between Buxton (Market Place) and Manchester Airport (Bus Station) given service number 199 effective from 29 January 2023. To amend Timetable.
PC1033334/527 RIBBLE MOTOR SERVICES LTD, GILMOSS DEPOT, EAST LANCASHIRE ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L11 0BB Operating between Chester and Plas Newton given service number 51 / 51 effective from 29 January 2023. To amend Route and Timetable.
PC1033334/254 RIBBLE MOTOR SERVICES LTD, GILMOSS DEPOT, EAST LANCASHIRE ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L11 0BB Operating between Preston and Blackburn given service number PR59 / 59 / 59C effective from 29 January 2023. To amend Timetable.
PC1033334/198 RIBBLE MOTOR SERVICES LTD, GILMOSS DEPOT, EAST LANCASHIRE ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L11 0BB Operating between Chester and Wrexham given service number 5 / 5 / 5 effective from 29 January 2023. To amend Timetable.
PC1033334/524 RIBBLE MOTOR SERVICES LTD, GILMOSS DEPOT, EAST LANCASHIRE ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L11 0BB Operating between Frodsham and Northwich given service number CH48 / 48 / 48A effective from 29 January 2023. To amend Route.
PC1033334/526 RIBBLE MOTOR SERVICES LTD, GILMOSS DEPOT, EAST LANCASHIRE ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L11 0BB Operating between Guilden Sutton and Ellesmere Port given service number CH26 / 26 / 26A / 26B effective from 29 January 2023. To amend Timetable.
PC1033334/203 RIBBLE MOTOR SERVICES LTD, GILMOSS DEPOT, EAST LANCASHIRE ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L11 0BB Operating between Chester and Green Lane given service number C7 / 7 effective from 29 January 2023. To amend Timetable.
PC1033334/397 RIBBLE MOTOR SERVICES LTD, GILMOSS DEPOT, EAST LANCASHIRE ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L11 0BB Operating between Chester and Pipers Ash given service number CH9 / 8A / 8 effective from 29 January 2023. To amend Timetable.
PC1033334/523 RIBBLE MOTOR SERVICES LTD, GILMOSS DEPOT, EAST LANCASHIRE ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L11 0BB Operating between Upton Park & Ride and Chester given service number PR3 effective from 29 January 2023. To amend Timetable.
PC1033334/188 RIBBLE MOTOR SERVICES LTD, GILMOSS DEPOT, EAST LANCASHIRE ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L11 0BB Operating between Chester and Kingsway given service number C53 / 53 effective from 29 January 2023. To amend Timetable.
PC1090231/93 D & G BUS LIMITED, MOSSFIELD ROAD, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST3 5BW
Operating between Capesthorne Road, Wistaston, Crewe and Capesthorne Road, Wistaston, Crewe given service number 8 effective from 04 January 2023. To amend Route.
PC1090231/156 D & G BUS LIMITED, MOSSFIELD ROAD, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST3 5BW
Operating between Crewe Bus Station and Fairground Bus Station, Market Place, Congleton given service number 42 effective from 04 January 2023. To amend Route.
PC1090231/129 D & G BUS LIMITED, MOSSFIELD ROAD, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST3 5BW
Operating between Crewe Bus Station and Macclesfield Bus Station given service number 38 effective from 04 January 2023. To amend Route.
PC1090231/94 D & G BUS LIMITED, MOSSFIELD ROAD, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST3 5BW
Operating between Leighton Hospital, Smithy Lane, Crewe and Chestnut Avenue, Shavington, Crewe given service number 12 effective from 04 January 2023. To amend Route.
PC2021320/1 GO NORTH WEST LIMITED, GO NORTH WEST LIMITED, BOYLE STREET, MANCHESTER, M8 8UT Operating between Manchester and Norden given service number 17 / 17A effective from 29 January 2023. To amend Route and Timetable.
PC0001977/15 WARRINGTON BOROUGH TRANSPORT LTD, WILDERSPOOL CAUSEWAY, WARRINGTON, WA4 6PT Operating between Warrington Interchange and Callands given service number 18 / 18E effective from 01 January 2023. To amend Route and Timetable.
PC1144732/6 HATTONS TRANSPORT LTD, HATTONS TRAVEL, HAYDOCK HOUSE, 224 NORTH FLORIDA ROAD, HAYDOCK INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, ST. HELENS, WA11 9TP Operating between St. Helens Bus Station and St. Helens, Bilkerstaffe Street given service number 28 effective from 22 January 2023. To amend Timetable.
PC1144732/59 HATTONS TRANSPORT LTD, HATTONS TRAVEL, HAYDOCK HOUSE, 224 NORTH FLORIDA ROAD, HAYDOCK INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, ST. HELENS, WA11 9TP Operating between Kirby Admin Gate and Waterloo Interchange given service number 133 effective from 22 January 2023. To amend Timetable.
It's for 3 months from 1 Jan. In the case of some of them signing up it's only relevant in their non-PTE sections of route due to existing PTE area schemes in GM and Merseyside.
At the moment it looks like the Cheshire East routes that will be excluded are:
39 Crewe-Nantwich (Mikro)
90/91/92 Congleton Locals (Hollinshead)
191 Lymm Shopper (Direct Taxis)
391/392 Macclesfield-Stockport (Little Gem)
Saying that Little Gem do m-tickets that include a £1.50 single journey fare and a £3.70 day ticket that doesn't mention any exclusions. It might also be the case that the singles on the other routes don't exceed £2.
I thought it best to introduce this as a new topic seeing as normally these tender updates end up in operator specific threads. We have a page for Manchester tenders and it seems to work well.
News for tenders are as follows
Cheshire West has put the 15/X30 Evening tender out. Same timetable as current. Contract due to start April 2023
Cheshire West has put the 102/103 Ellesmere Port Sunday Service tender out. Same timetable as current. Contract due to start April 2023
Cheshire East has put out a tender for a 312 Handforth and Wilmslow Circular. Mon-Sat, PVR 1. Apparently using S106 developer funding. Tender due to start Feb 2023 for 1 year, possible 1 year extension (so upto 2 years in all). Bus must be Euro 6 to comply with Greater Manchester Clean Air Zone.
Service to run from what seems to be the housing development adjacent to Handforth Dean (but it suggests it doesn't serve Handforth Dean Tesco).
Timetable and route description: https://prnt.sc/pScmm3zftFFp
