Fifteen years since the sale of MTL to Arriva

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RE: Fifteen years since the sale of MTL to Arriva

(24/02/2015 14:16)skelmersey Wrote:  We would probably still have Skelmersdale depot here, 2 of the 3 garages that serve Skem now are ex MTL

There is no way of knowing what bus operations across Merseyside would now look like if Arriva had not bought out MTL. When deregulation occurred in 1986 the new company, Merseybus, immediately closed Litherland, PAR and Garston depots in Liverpool and Seaview Road on the Wirral. A few years later Edge Lane and Walton were also closed. Ribble rationalised its depots with the closure of Aintree, Skelhorne Street, Southport and its out-station at Ormskirk and Crosville ceased to exist. For better or worse, Arriva simply continued the business plan its predecessors had started in an effort to cut costs and increase profitability.