Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot

(05/08/2020 15:26)trixmax2000 Wrote:  Routes - the 79C and 82A are coming back to Runcorn and the 500 is going back to Speke as an Airport Express.
The 82A will follow the existing 500 route as it is but will omit South Parkway and go back through Garston and it will service Park Road and go down Duke street to L1.
The 79C will replace the 14A plus the 110 covers the same route as far as 14A to Widnes Green Oaks also all buses have to revert to the Silver Jubilee when it reopens so the 14A would be the only service on the Gateway and have to pay the toll, same with the 61 you might see this missing out Halton Road in Runcorn
the 79C will be routed to Clifton road along with the X1 and 61!
Some minor timetable adjustments to 61 and 110 will also take place
The 62 will turn at Halton Lodge as per the current 500 to help frequency of the 82A and will omit the section of Grangeway by Handforth Lane. The 62 will still turn into Festival Way and continue along its normal route thereafter.

Oh wow, great summary. thank you for that.
Can I ask will the Runcorn to Widnes shorts continue on the 82A?
If so, I think it would make sense to extend the Widnes Shorts to Halebank and then you can do away with the 62 on that section (to help provide a more standard service to the area) and I think I would extend the 17 then down to Runcorn along the 62 route from Widnes to Halton Lea. This should be relatively PVR neutral but would facilitate longer distance Runcorn to St Helens links which I think do have some potential and it saves having the 62 and 82A running the same route (except a small section between Halton Grange and the Old Town).
Perhaps a crazy suggestion but I think it would look better and push people onto the core routes rather than so much duplication.

When the Silver Jubilee bridge reopens, it might be an idea to reroute the 61 so it runs Widnes - Old Town - Halton Road - Halton Brook Road - Halton Lea as I don't think Clifton Road is busy enough to sustain 7 buses per hour and it would keep Halton Road served (as well as providing the links from Halton Brook Road to Widnes)