Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot

(28/04/2016 20:09)Valandil Wrote:  Oh I see -- on Arriva's website, it doesn't come up if you search for 79, but it does come up if you search for 79C insofar as it says 79 above the shorts on the timetable for the 79C.
Just my opinion, but I think that's a terrible service number because it's completely disjoint from the other 79 in the area.
You can just imagine someone intending to travel from Liverpool to Widnes thinking, oh I'll hop on that 79 because I know that goes through Widnes, just like the 79C, as I've seen them around there a number of times.

Realistically it shouldn't cause too many problems. There's always been 2x 79C's and 3x 14's Running around the Hough Green Estate where passengers have to read the destination before they board, often from some distance away as many can come around the loop at once. Frequently (as I found out whilst at college) one will have the wrong destination also awkwardly.

Not forgetting at one point the 14 variations that were:
14 Liverpool Dale Street
14 Liverpool Queen Square
14 Hough Green Farm / Liverpool Road
14 West Bank
14 Widnes Town Hall / Vicarage Road
14 Murdishaw
and that's on top of the variations of the 14A/14B/14C/14D/14F (although clearer with the prefix)

Finally the 'C' can stand for 'Connection' as it connects both 79's on either end of the B5178