Stagecoach MCSL - Chester & Wirral Depots

[First Class]

RE: First Chester & Wirral

(01/10/2012 01:02)wirralbus Wrote:  

(30/09/2012 22:52)First Class Wrote:  

(30/09/2012 22:24)Bevan Price Wrote:  Sounds like a good idea - BUT - even if they were willing to accept them, Arriva and First would need to be paid to accept Saveaways outside the Merseytravel area. Where is the extra money going to come from ? Higher council tax payments from everyone ?

No, you simply re-distribute the pot, at the moment it is something like 65% railways, 30% buses, 5% ferry.

My personal preference is to reduce the ferry percentage, (seeing as it is already Merseytravel) and put it to the buses.

That said, Cheshire County Council may be interested in supporting that idea.

You could probably force them to accept them too, (without any additional payment), by specifying it in the contract terms for the QBP.

Its supposed to be a partnership , not a dictatorship these QBP's. I also think that if you allow the saveaways to be used on the 1 and 2 , then Avon will start complaining that they should be used on the 22 and 24 the West Wirral poor relations of the 1 and 2.

Legally, it is supposed to be a dictatorship IMO, with bus companies complying with whatever Merseytravel specifies as the statutory authority.

As far as I can ascertain the Merseytravel schemes are not voluntary partnership schemes, but statutory quality partnerships.

If the 1/2 is a SQP, (rather than VPS), then Merseytravel need only change the wording in the Ticketing Agreement.

It seems to be that SQPs are like franchises, where Merseytravel specifies the minimum standards, and anyone who wants to run on the 1/2 route must comply.