Arriva North west and wales new bus and brands 2017

[Bevan Price]

RE: Arriva North west and wales new bus and brands 2017

(04/02/2017 00:31)TheShire Wrote:  Well i have came up with some suggestions of new routes around the north west, Here's a few just to give you a flavor.

Arriva Max X30/X31 - Warrington - Runcorn - Frodsham - Helsby - X30 to Chester/ X31 to Ellesmere Port via Elton and Cheshire Oaks, Hourly each routes with a combined Half Hourly service between Warrington - Helsby.

Arriva Max 350 (329) Warrington - Burtonwood - St Helens - Rainford - Skelmendale

Arriva X8 joint service with Stagecoach X8 to create 4 service per hour between Chester - Liverpool.

Arriva 34/34A, 47, 110, 410 upgrade to sapphire standards

Arriva 7, 89, 310, 360 upgrade to MAX standard.

I do have a lot more.

There is very little demand for St. Helens / Skelmersdale services. There is little affinity / interaction between these two towns, and neither has enough attractions (shopping, etc.) to get high numbers of passengers from the other town. Strawberry tried (via a different route), but there were very few through passengers.

X8 - doubt that frequency increase is justified for most of the day. Even with the current rail service disruptions, some of the off-peak X8 journeys I have used had less than 10 passengers north of Ellesmere Port.

34/34A - As others have commented, loadings between Newton & Leigh are mostly very light. It would not surprise me to see that section reduced to one or two buses per hour.