Stagecoach MCSL - Chester & Wirral Depots

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RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral

(30/08/2014 19:59)SNL 824 Wrote:  How about a real limited stop "Coastlner" straight along the coast road to Rhyl, as a follow up to the X8?

I'd love to see an express bus service up the North Wales coast (personally, I would run such a service to Llandudno). You can bet that Arriva won't do one as it would abstract lots of money from it's parallel rail operation & again. I can't see Stagecoach becoming embroiled in a battle on that front.

Personally, I see Stagecoach consolidating what it already has for a while now. In the space of just over 18 months, they've done the following;

• Rejuvenated the Chester local services (a work in progress)
• Bagged the Chester - Neston - Heswall - West Kirby corridor
• Introduced a semi-fast Chester-Liverpool service opening up potential new markets
• Grown the market on services 1 & 2 (judging by the loadings)
  

As for the next move, I think some of GHA's routes may be on the menu (such as the 36 and 82 routes), though as has been said elsewhere, I can't see Stagecoach paying lots of money to buy GHA in it's entirety.