Merseytravel Timetable Changes

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RE: Merseytravel Timetable Changes

(24/01/2015 12:43)mathias Wrote:  We're lucky on Merseyside in having two Mersey Tunnels (with rip-off tolls). They produced a £7m surplus last year, and this cash gets ploughed back into supporting OAP passes and essential routes.

This explains why Merseytravel can afford free Christmas Day services, and we don't suffer as much as other areas.
So the tunnels are a rip-off, but they do some good

This is not really the thread for this discussion but I shall add my opinion nevertheless. I commuted through the tunnel for over 33 years, initially by public transport but later as a motorist. Although I could have opted to move across the river in order to avoid the tolls I chose not to. Many of my colleagues did, but that was their choice. As far as I am concerned, when there is a real option, if people choose to use their own vehicle as opposed to public transport to commute they should have to pay a premium for it.