Cumfybus

[CX54 DKD (Moderator)]

RE: Merseytravel Timetable Changes
Passenger figures will give some true reflection but I'm sceptical, to say the least.

It's not that I don't think Cumfybus will be able to run the extension, the 70 was simply too small scale for Stagecoach and as has been said, that doesn't mean another operator with lower overheads can't make it work. A similar situation would be that of the 319 which Stagecoach pulled out of as they weren't making enough from it any more (I personally believe that was to the detriment of the route but anyway) yet that's continued with other operators right through to today albeit in a slightly modified format (as we see here with the 139).

[T42 PVM (Moderator)]

RE: Merseytravel Timetable Changes
well i think it will take a few years but it will take some custom as i think the route will do better now it goes st helens-prescot-huyton-liverpool but lets wait and see, i will ride on the service on its first week or 2 of it starting

[M113 YKC]

RE: Merseytravel Timetable Changes

(18/06/2012 21:34)bolton bus basher Wrote:  i will ride on the service on its first week or 2 of it starting

Oh, and that's the best way to tell whether it works or not - just like with the new X36 between the airport and Runcorn!

[T42 PVM (Moderator)]

RE: Merseytravel Timetable Changes
now that really is a fail am yet to see anyone get on that bus at the airport

[wirralbus]

RE: Merseytravel Timetable Changes
The 139 is a route most people will not use for end to end service but for point to point on the route the 139 is just a cobbled up combination of routes collected over the years into what it is now .

[T42 PVM (Moderator)]

RE: Merseytravel Timetable Changes
well yea like i expect a lot of people to use it from st helens- huyton and eccelston to liverpool after moaning for a liverpool link for longer than i can remember

[MTL0201]

RE: Merseytravel Timetable Changes

(18/06/2012 21:17)bolton bus basher Wrote:  

(18/06/2012 21:13)St Helens Rider Wrote:  

(18/06/2012 18:30)sumner Wrote:  This new 139 will be similar to Arriva's 5 they used to have a few years back then?

A bit more like the short lived 39 when it ran via Dunriding Lane and Stafford Road. Interesting to note that the extension appears to be commercial. Just hope it does well and some earlier/later journeys are introduced eventually.

i think it will do very well and will do some well needed damage to other arriva services

A service with a frequency of every 60 min for the through service, with the first through service arriving around 10am the last through service from St Helens departing around 3:15pm doing damage to a service every 6 minutes operating all day i don't think so, you need to think a bit more before you post.

[T42 PVM (Moderator)]

RE: Merseytravel Timetable Changes
i do think over the next 2 years that this service will get onto its feet just give it more time

[M113 YKC]

RE: Merseytravel Timetable Changes

(18/06/2012 21:51)MTL0201 Wrote:  

(18/06/2012 21:17)bolton bus basher Wrote:  

(18/06/2012 21:13)St Helens Rider Wrote:  A bit more like the short lived 39 when it ran via Dunriding Lane and Stafford Road. Interesting to note that the extension appears to be commercial. Just hope it does well and some earlier/later journeys are introduced eventually.

i think it will do very well and will do some well needed damage to other arriva services

A service with a frequency of every 60 min for the through service, with the first through service arriving around 10am the last through service from St Helens departing around 3:15pm doing damage to a service every 6 minutes operating all day i don't think so, you need to think a bit more before you post.

Well said! Well said! Perfectly said!

[wirralbus]

RE: Merseytravel Timetable Changes
There is an age old phrase the people have to use it or lose it .