Sefton Bus Network Review 2019

[Walton 46]

RE: Sefton Bus Network Review 2019

(07/06/2019 20:01)Barney Wrote:  It seems to me that that these proposals "to improve reliability" are really intended to reduce services for those who need them most, the elderly and the poor.

Whenever I am at Crosby bus station there is always a number of passengers, particularly shoppers and the elderly, waiting for the 54. If this proposal is confirmed it will inconvenience many people as the nearest stop is several hundred yards away on Liverpool Road.

Also, the proposal for the 47 to omit Ince Blundell will leave an already isolated small hamlet with no public transport provision whatsover in order to shave two minutes off the running time when, in my experience, early running 47s use Ince Blundell as a timing point. It will also mean that this 'local' stopping service will hold the record of having the greatest distance between any two bus stops (The Round House - Formby Lighthouse) of 2.8 miles.

You never know, if the residents of Ince Blundell make enough noise, Arriva might change their minds.

On the subject of 'reliability', Arriva is also consulting on plans to reroute the 61 during peak hours (operating via Queens Drive instead of Broadgreen Road and a section of Prescot Road) to address the same issue