Fairbrother's of Warrington

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RE: Fairbrother's of Warrington

(08/03/2018 21:31)Valandil Wrote:  With Network Warrington withdrawing their 23 and 23A, I wonder if these routes could be a target for Fairbrothers.
There will undoubtedly be a lot of disgruntled passengers willing to take their custom elsewhere, as people just don't like change and may be reluctant to migrate to the revised, less direct 25.
Even passengers on route 25 will be disgruntled - it already takes over three quarters of n hour to get from Gorse Covert into Warrington during the day (nearly an hour in the peaks), and will soon take even longer.

Is there any point though? Look at what Network Warrington have done to Fairbrothers in Dallam, Orford and starting to do in Westy (they are duping westys now as well and there are changes from April to the 1,2,11,12 etc which would be frequency upgrades). Will NW just put their old 23 back on or will they go and mess around throwing millions of 25s on but short hopping them? Is it worth introducing new routes knowing what has happened so far. I overheard NW drivers talking to Fairbrothers drivers and Ben Wakerley has reportedly said for every bus Fairbrothers send out, he will match it or increase it (on top of existing services). Is the 23 even that busy anyway, it doesn't look it to me.