Signs on Merseytravel Bus Stops

[Nicholas]

RE: Signs on Merseytravel Bus Stops
There are 4,440 bus shelters in Greater Manchester. Of this, 3,573 are owned by JC Decaux and are maintained under contract to TfGM, meaning they are accountable for their upkeep and repair (and have to foot the cost of any repairs).

The remaining 832 are owned by TfGM, who maintain them in house (cleaning is usually done by a contractor).

All upkeep of information on bus stop flags and in shelter casing, as has been stated, is done by TfGM's Service Delivery team. The only locations where this is not the case is at bus stations as the supervisors do this.

As for the "towards" detail on TfGM bus stops, yes this is a good idea, however there are often errors as I have seen bus stops with a place stated on it although no service heads towards it (or one out of a large number of services). Previously, all stops had the next settlement (or major road in some cases) along on it, however this has started to be phased out in favour of the next major settlement along, which is causing these inaccuracies.