Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot

(06/01/2017 22:14)Bevan Price Wrote:  Helsby to Chester direct includes about 5 miles with a very low population - not ideal if you want to run a financially viable service.

That's a tad over-simplistic, and ignores the fact that anyone who is on the bus before that five mile stretch wants to get into Chester via the most direct route possible. Divert via a more populous area, thereby doubling the journey time, and you stand to lose a good proportion of those passengers to car or rail - which isn't great for financial viability either!

There's a balance to be struck, and picking up passengers as often as possible isn't necessarily the optimum solution.