Stagecoach MCSL - Chester & Wirral Depots

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RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral

(22/04/2017 12:48)iMarkeh Wrote:  The X2 recieves funding for 06:55 (M-F), 07:55(Sat) and 18:15 from Ellesmere Port to Runcorn. I was told by Cwacc they also provide funding for services between Elton and Helsby High on school days to carry eligible pupils over 16.

Here is part of the proof. The secrion about the Elton to Helsby High was separate in an email to Cwacc and it will not let me paste images into this area or I would include that.
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/3....xlsx.html

Yes, while what you have posted is true - what isn't is your aforementioned post about 'the council paying for a decker'.

CWaC pay operators across the region a sum of money to carry scholars who are eligible for free travel assistance on their commercial services. The X2 service is included in this, with the pupils who travel from Ince/Elton to Helsby High. It is up to the operator to ensure that space is available for these students, as in effect CWaC have paid for a 'seat' on their bus. With the shear amount of students who use the X2 (both eligible and ineligible) - a decker was clearly what was needed to cope with the demand, therefore that was what was negotiated. I can assure you that no money is directly payed to Stagecoach in order for them to have specifically a double deck vehicle on those journeys, the money is paid for those journeys simply to keep operating.

So, indirectly, yes - the money that Stagecoach receive from the council for the students to travel could technically be used to fuel and operate the decker, and that is why the X2 service has been included in the spreadsheet along with other commercial services as 'subsided'.