Service Ideas

[H101GEV (Administrator)]

RE: Service Ideas
I used the X11 a few times in the months leading up to its withdrawal (always a Pulsar), and have to say it was never anything like full. Indeed, I don't think I ever saw a single person who was on board at Birkenhead stay to Chester. Although a few people would probably use a potential all-day X11 service, I very much doubt there would be enough to make it financially lucrative and the overwhelming majority of passengers travelling from Liverpool or Birkenhead to Chester use the train for its much shorter journey time.

One potential market for a semi-fast bus service would be on the 10 corridor, connecting the busiest stops between Liverpool and St Helens and possibly extending to Wigan. The bus journey time from Liverpool to St Helens is more reasonable than Liverpool to Chester and obviously it is a far busier bus corridor. Some extra capacity needs to come from somewhere and a half-hourly X10 would at least help.