Upcoming service changes in Merseyside

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RE: Upcoming service changes in Merseyside

(14/12/2023 14:55)mr t Wrote:  Just been reading the Christmas booklet on the Merseytravel website and the Boxing day and New year day timetables seem to have been massively increased based on previous arriva and Stagecoach news.
Seems sense has prevailed woop

What are these increases in service then, as all i see is a dramatic decrease in services on Boxing Day/New Years Day, with areas left with no bus service whatsoever when last year they had a bus service.

Stagecoach operating 1/X1, 10A, 14A, 17/17A, 19, 20, 21, 31/32/33, 41/42, 53, 82, 86, 471/472 & A1 Amazon on Boxing Day, with no services other than 31/32/33, 917 & Soccerbus on New Year's Day

Arriva are only operating 10B, 12, 13, 26, 27, 56, 58A, 166, 188, 201 and 204, on both days, with no services in Wirral, St Helens & Southport

Oh & this from Stagecoach

*Arriva passes will not be valid on Stagecoach services that are part of the Quality Bus Network partnership (Boxing Day Only).

https://www.stagecoachbus.com/promos-and...r-services

Last year it was a Sunday service, & most routes operated until 7pm

Here's the service level provided over the festive season from last year

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-4Yu-aq...J07AA/view