Service Ideas

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RE: Service Ideas

(09/09/2013 01:01)wirralbus Wrote:  

(08/09/2013 21:33)KU02 YUH Wrote:  

(08/09/2013 19:59)First Class Wrote:  Got to be said, but a Chester express/direct service like the old X11.

(08/09/2013 20:15)wirralbus Wrote:  When the old service X11 was operating outside of the peak , it never had more than half a dozen passengers , largely because it omitted the New Ferry and Rock Ferry sections of the route .

Personally, I think that an X11 would work now due to the fact that passengers, like myself, must be getting sick of having to sit on a bus for an extra 30 minutes if they're going more-or-less the whole way. (I know that I've certainly been put-off of going to Chester due to the poor bus services that run now from Liverpool.) However, would Merseytravel (etc...) allow such a service to run due to the "QBP" being in place?

Furthermore, what route would it be best taking - peak time and normal time? Also, would a weekend service be worth running?

Probably there could be a peak X11 omitting New Ferry and Rock Ferry and X12 off peak operating via New ferry and Rock Ferry.

I agree there would appear to be a market for some form of express (or at least faster) service between Chester & Liverpool. I commute to Bootle & use the bus on cost grounds so I would use it & I'm aware of a few "regulars" who use the buses on this corridor as part of longer journeys.

An idea I had would be to extend the current X2 from Ellesmere Port. From EP, run through town & over Westminster Bridge. Join the M53 & come off at J5. From there, all stops to Port Sunlight, then use the New Ferry by pass to Birkenhead. I estimate the journey from Ellesmere Port to Liverpool along this route would take 45-50 minutes each way & would require 2 extra vehicles for an hourly service.

Whilst not as fast as the train, such a service would be 10-15 minutes quicker overall than the existing routes 1 & 2 which I would maintain at present frequencies.