Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot

(16/03/2021 23:34)jon1 Wrote:  Sorry, just found it, it's covered in an amendment to the transport act and does indeed only cover the SJB bridge. Seems an odd choice, most services naturally better over the SJB so most would operate that way anyway. Such a restriction only serves to dissuade operators from serving areas with routes near the new bridge though. Typical HBC.

Reading the legislation, Warrington, do qualify for free passage as local service is a specific legal term as defined in the transport act 1985 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/198...al-service

Iirc, at one point all service buses operating through both Mersey tunnels were exempt from all charges in an attempt to encourage commuters out of cars and onto buses but this policy was withdrawn a few years ago and local operators now have to pay the the charge albeit with a Fastag discount.