Bring Back The 620 St Helens to Bolton Arriva Service

[CX54 DKD (Moderator)]

RE: Bring Back The 620 St Helens to Bolton Arriva Service
Like I said previously, there was a reason the 620 was withdrawn - in reality it carried few people for the full length of the journey and other links were possible via changing buses albeit making the journey longer. As for the current 620, well past Ashton there's just a minority of people actually using it.

I think what needs to be remembered is that a company wouldn't curtail a route which was bringing them in a return. The 620 only exists in its current form due to subsidy. If it was considered 'socially necessary' for there to be a full link through to Bolton, it would no doubt already be there. At a time when all PTEs are trying to make cuts and subsidy seems the only realistic way for this kind of link being re-instated, I'm sorry but I just don't see it hapenning!

I also couldn't help but notice that a number of the people who've signed the petition are from outside the area and so very unlikely to regularly, if at all, make use of the service. It's hardly reflective of a regular passenger base. The first comment on the article pretty much sums it up for me.