Arriva's Impending North Liverpool Changes

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RE: Arriva's Impending North Liverpoool Changes
Last night I overheard commuters alighting at Waterloo Station discussing loss of 53A through service to Thornton. One just couldn't believe the service was permanently withdrawn and thought that the buses must have just been off for the day due to problems!! Such is the nonsensical decision behind these changes.

What it made me ponder was that Arriva have severed the rail connection to central Liverpool provided by 53A at both Aintree and Waterloo. Maybe the service was too good and they were loosing revenue to Merseytravel's multi-modal tickets. Make the connection difficult/impossible/unreliable and passengers have to make the entire journey to and from Liverpool by bus, thus purchasing Arriva's own day and weekly tickets instead. Result bigger revenue shares, for Arriva.

A feature of many service changes and re-routings since deregulation has been the distancing of many bus stops from railway stations.

Waterloo once had a substantial bus interchange with several routes throughout Crosby, now its just the 53 as far as Crosby Village.