Arriva's Impending North Liverpool Changes

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RE: Arriva's Impending North Liverpoool Changes

(12/01/2015 23:46)teenagewasteland Wrote:  Arriva have absolutely no idea about the wider links forged by the 62. Quite simply, it linked communities between the north and south of Liverpool that otherwise would have no access to each other.

History lesson - MPTE extended the old 92 between Crosby and Huyton back in November 1974, extending it to Halewood in 1980. At dereg, the 92 was split at Fazakerley taking on the old 99 route to Penny Lane. And, bar Arriva's renumbering exercise to 62 when they integrated MTL in 2000, this service has been running ever since regardless of the supposed "reliabilty issues".

If they're that bad, how come it's taken Arriva 15 years to do something about it???

The simple fact of these revisions is it's another nail in the coffin for Crosby's bus services - using fewer vehicles on reduced frequencies trying to cover every major corridor. It's the long-drawn out drama with the 91/51 all those years ago all over again. You mark my words - this is another underhand and sneaky decision on Arriva's part to pull these links off the road completely given time. And there is a genuine threat to the 122 now, regardless what you think.

Arriva have absolutely no social responsibility to the travelling public, and are accountable to no one but their shareholders at DB. The sooner the PTEs call the shots again over bus services the better.

Spot on, Mr Wasteland, I totally agree with your views.

Today, the second day of operation, double-deckers are being used to cope with passenger demand, at the expense of the 56 I might add. Obviously Arriva were surprised by the impact of reducing the frequency along this corridor at peak times and will no doubt resort to props from the Harry Potter franchise when Stagecoach withdraws its 53A later this month.

I also noticed that the 63 is timetabled to run three minutes ahead of Avon's 122 during the day and the Merseytravel 130 in the evenings and Sundays, creating a 27-minute gap in service. Clearly this is an attempt to squeeze out competitors and establish a monopoly of bus services in the area on Arriva's terms.